Making Sense with Sam Harris — #389 — The Politics of Risk

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#389 — The Politics of Risk

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Sam Harris speaks with Nate Silver about cultural attitudes toward risk and the state of American politics. They discuss the erosion of trust in liberal institutions, polling and political narratives, different camps of cultural elites, the influence of Silicon Valley, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Sam Bankman-Fried and the…

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