#138 — The Edge of Humanity

Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about his new book “21
Lessons for the 21st Century.” They discuss the importance of
meditation for his intellectual life, the primacy of stories, the
need to revise our fundamental assumptions about human
civilization, the threats to liberal democracy, a world without
work, universal basic income, the virtues of nationalism, the
implications of AI and automation, and other topics.


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