"It's like watching your mom do parkour" 🤣. Unforgettable, singular, and hilarious. Sam Harris, the linguistic acrobat, ejecting phrases like this off the cuff -- and effortlessly as far as I can tell. Never a dull moment.
Yeah, he is great. I often enjoy listening to him merely for the soothing cadence of his voice. It also helps that I agree with him on most of his politics.
Interesting conversation. A couple of points: 1. Looks like your guest has invented a new definition of rich.To me it always meant that someone had alot of money. Wealthy was how people with a lot of money rdescribed other people with alot of money. 2. In the early 1960s I had a half time job in the post office, was married, lived in a modest house and was going to college full time (graduated wih no debt). That could not be done today, so your conclusion that we are absolutely better off in the 21st Century has alot of assumptions baked in that do not necessarily always apply.
That was my thought process during this. Since the 50s inflation has been 10x - 20x what it was then yet income has not increased. I make a 6 figure living with a wife who also works yet student loans and housing costs in what used to be modest areas like Utah are now $500k for a house that was $200K in 2012
Cliche time, but it is true! The "Psychology of Money" should be mandatory reading for every citizen! People's relationship with money is the downfall of so many. This is arguably one of the most important issue and the Morgan really delivers understanding on this thesis! Great guest!
Interesting discussion. One small point in your comment on Liz Cheney. Yes, she previously voted against gay marriage, but she changed her mind and told Leslie Stahl of 60 Minutes in 2021 that position was wrong and she apologized to her gay sister, Mary, over the issue. “I was wrong. I was wrong.”
I had stopped listening to you for years (no particular reason). The youtube algo had me going down different routes. Recently started watching your old debates ten-some-odd years ago. Feels good to be back listening to you again
@@nealkelly9757 "Trump-obsessed" This take from you guys is so fucking bizarre. Dude was president and is the front-runner for 2024. If you are in a career such that you are engaged with politics in any way at all then you literally have to talk about Trump. He is a central figure in American politics. Also, aren't you guys still waiting for JFK jr to be resurrected so that he can re-install Trump as president? Maybe you should check that out before calling people obsessed.
The big takeaway for me was the point on 1950s nostalgia. I really did view the period as one of overall greater prosperity (adjusted for certain measures) but now I want to investigate the hypothesis that the nostalgia is produced by a memory of less income inequality.
American prosperity in the 1950s came from an extremely unique set of circumstances that won’t ever be replicated: Most of Europe and Asia was still busy rebuilding from the ruins of WW2. The US was the only major power to still have its homeland intact.
@@redryan20000 I'm sorry, you're telling me that social trust was higher in the 50s? How do you square that with the fact that McCarthyism dominated the first half of the decade?
@@chriswatson3464 why would we need a political extremist lunatic, working to solidify an insur-ion of an unelected old folks home patient destroying the country at a pace never before seen?
The best lesson we can teach children is that difference between "rich" and "wealth" that was discussed. It took me until my 30's to have that same realization.
Agree , I hadn’t appreciated the difference between rich versus wealthy, as he puts it the latter being money that’s not used but stored and available if needed , and therefore helpful in terms of our psychological well-being . Rich would probably be ok too though…
I am not one who subscribes or listens to pod casts. This was sent to me and I respect the person who sent it and so am listening to the financial discussion now, but the intro was excellent. Thank you for explaining the J6 and Roe up top.
As someone who is starting their professional career, I’ve been blessed to be a in a very lucrative career (tech). This conversation opened my eyes on how I’m going to be spending my money going forward.
Yeah, mostly don't. Save and invest at or above your long term plan. Don't carry debt. Many people in the US can still do these things, they just won't live luxuriously. But no worries.
@@DAG_42 Lol try paying rent in Key West and simultaneously "live non-luxuriously". Living modestly to save doesn't even exist in a lot of areas anymore A G.
Everyone knows that Sam is the king of the metaphors but the following has to be one of his funniest yet: "Watching Joe Biden give a speech, interview or press conference, every sentence is like a death defying defeat. It's like watching your Mum do Parkour...you're just waiting for the worst thing every fucking second!"...looooool
Been awhile since I've tuned into Sam, man, he's unafraid of being brutal. tbh though, I agreed with basically everything between 0:52 and 12:56 on top of finding it poetic and dramatic.
4:52 5:15 9:23 27:00 narcissism, psychopathy 39:12 and living paycheck to paycheck will not give you independence and autonomy.just because you believe money doesn't give you happiness. Not living paycheck to paycheck, he probably doesn't know how it is to have to work 2 jobs or 60+ hours to pay for your expenses (student loans, your rent etc...) . You can not decide not to work 60+ hours when you have to have a roof over your head. It is harder when you are not middle class. He is coming from middle class, growing up "easy" 13:38 (There is plenty of projections about the future if you listen to the right source and if you check the news about the weather, crops, water problems, refuge problems etc... There are people who have studied "systems" and read present trends that are clearly pointing to a future that is pretty scary if you want to be realistic and not to be a "positive thinker")
You can not find ONE person or ONE movement where you can find everything right. Our environment is changing, our lives are changing and we are adjusting. We will make mistakes, we will not like some ways that others will try, but who the heck thinks it is even possible? It is a process where we try, fail in certain parts, learn and try again. But one thing is for sure: Totalitarian societies, personally disorder leaders are not a future we want. Live and let live until it is between a limit. A limit what an open society sets by its members. Not a top down, forced, twisted nightmare. Not The Handmaid's Tale‧ real life experience. Or other scifi reenactment.
There are circumstances when the pregnancy abort. I know someone who was pushed down deliberately and the pregnancy aborted itself. There was no need for intervention. An abusive situation, financial hardship, psychologically unhealthy environment is no place to give a birth to. What kind of future was there anyway? In that hopeless, abusive, lack of love environment there is hell, no future.
I like this guy, he mentions topics in behavior economics and that was always one of my favorite classes. Sam should really try and get Robert Shiller or Richard Thaler on and really explore this topic. I like how he mentioned history too, sounds like Ray Dalio and his research. Another great guest Sam should target.
This. He has the ability to navigate and lay out complex things (that we all think about) with such clarity and calmness. It is good to have Sam Harris in this crazy world.
Lol "covid was unknowable in Dec 2019 and Russia invading Ukraine was unknowable 60 days prior". Horse shit. Russia was stacking troops at the border and l'au Ching shell companies to hide money 3-6 months before invading and December 2019 covid had already crossed borders which by definition is a pandemic, its just that nobody took those things seriously. My podcast I predicted this year's market crash in a 2hr episode where I described inflation and I don't have a economics degree, I just followed markets since I was a teenager and also got caught in 2007 only months after throwing my life's savings into my investment portfolio chasing millions. It's about attention to detail and creativity, we're not victims of our pasts we're victims of our egos. Very, very different. Also, 1950's salaries were single earners supporting entire households, and with fresh memories of trench warfare and Nazi holocaust. They had clean air and access to over the counter heroin, coke and booze. They had houses on minimum wage they owned outright in 5 years, and family life was achievable. It's not just nostalgia, wholesome people would prefer all that. Superficiality has always and will always exist. But at least now women can vote and get professional jobs. Very few people need a jet to feel successful, only in that tiny bubble of us in finance does that even sound normal. Nowhere else is there an insurance salesmen bummed out for not flying to Tahiti every weekend. Most people would still be happy with a bungalow and a bonfire.
The steep change in living standards during the 1950's could be part of the nostalgia (although IDK what the data says). Cost of living is also undeniably higher than at least 50yrs ago, despite our improved gadgets. But agreed that our mental state is worse and social media is part of it. Capitalism is often people selling & buying things they don't need. It's unfortunately the best system we have.
@@nannyg666 thats right, anyone concious gives a single thought to any of you people who preferred an unelected vegetable whos destroyign the country over the best presiden in modern history
I think the difficulty with raising all boats comes down to how people are getting richer. Before, it was about tapping untapped opportunities and resources in common sense ways. Yet we've expanded resource consumption to unsustainable levels. So now we're increasing wealth in unintuitive ways through better wealth management and credit scores. I approve of new ways to include the currently credit invisible, such as by noting how they are paying rent on time. We're doing better now than in the '50's, but what matters is the upward trend to satisfy the hedonic treadmill. This leads to a cycle of war and collapse that we need to learn to break.
what's so brave about Liz Cheney? This is the most politically expedient option for her... "just because a clock is right twice a day doesn't mean it has any idea what the time is".
My man Sam missing the mark completely in this conversation. The problem is not that there’s billionaires who live an amazing life and the rest of us live a good life only. The problem is that this inequality produces the results of the normal people not being able to afford basic stuff like having a home to build a family, being able to pay your bills, being able to have some leisure spare time and time to travel around and see the world, while the top 1% of 1% are living their amazing lives and doing crazy unaccountable shit like building rockets, buying whole islands, owning half of cities etc. It is this absolute disproportionality in terms of how unaccountable and uncontrollable those individuals are and how shit and out of control normal people’s lives are. And the fact that today the old professions like being a lawyer, a doctor, a pilot, an architect etc. don’t help people out of their low middle class position. This system is bullshit. And at the same time we’re all being told to be careful about the environment while fucking Nylon and Bezos are launching rockets into space burning fuel like crazy.. and our governments are just non-existent for their people anymore.. they represent themselves, not anyone else. This is the problem. The problem is not some petty jealousy about “he has so much more and I don’t have as much”, it is “he has so much and I have literally fucking nothing”.. the whole argument about “today people earn much more” is just bullshit given the inflation rate.. PLEASE DON’T MENTION THIS ARGUMENT IF YOU ARE PRETENDING TO “MAKE SENSE” out of things.. 🙄🙄🙄 Sam, lately your conversations and your ability to get to the point and challenge some of your bullshit guests is really upsetting and disappointing.
I agree with you....Sam is totally missing the point here....It's virtually impossible for rich people to understand the plight of non-rich people. This is the definition of privilege and why so many people are trying to raise awareness about it. The problem with wealth is that it gives you a false sense of reality because you end up living in an ivory tower surrounding yourself with other wealthy people and that eventually breeds contempt for other people who are less fortunate. I wish Sam would just run his businesses as non-profit, giving away any excess to the worthy charities he's identified and just try to live off of $50K a year. Then he would understand.....it would help him become more aware of the reality that most of the human population has to live with.
Normal people are the ones who constantly buy shit from Amazon or have to get the latest iPhone with iTunes and pay the highest fees at their phone company for unlimited data to watch Netflix and run Facebook and Instagram and RU-vid constantly.
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How far did a car go on a gallon of gas in the 1950s? How well did your cell phone work then? Did you enjoy your computer then? Do you prefer fresh vegetables, or anything organic?
I love this kind of "Making Sense". I'm struggling to think of anyone else who speaks both in a highly critical, but non-partisan way without trying to be funny or sensationalist.
If you only worry about wealth inequality (while allowing never-ending regulations, government bail-outs and special tax benefits), you are just envious. You should at least look at the median/mean to get a better handle on whether most are doing better or not. I mean, we create much more wealth now with automation and much bigger population to buy and a global trade system to reach ever more businesses. Now, we regulated away manufacturing and mining to pretend we're "clean" when we just outsource that to places like China that then got rich and pulled a billion people out of poverty, all that wealth we gave away by force of law and regulations.
This is a great conversation and Sam should totally do a podcast on the consequences of overturning Roe and the legitimacy of the Supreme Court in general.
Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t kassidys peters testimony some he-said she-said? She wasn’t actually there to observe the story she told. How is this damning?
Yes. She was telling what she saw, heard, knew, and what her superiors and the secret service told her. So some was what she was told. That was well explained. What it did do is let the committee, and the people who were involved know what she was testifying to under oath. It allowed the committee to compel actors involved to come forth. And ultimately some received subpoenas, such as Pat Cipollini. Who will testify to the committee under oath on Friday. As for the secret service and presidential detail, the hearsay involved those who were in the vehicle with tfg, and his details when he became angry and lashed out because the ss would not take tfg to the Capitol on J6. Since that testimony by Cassidy Hutchison, it was verified by the ss that she was told accurately. However, this was one detail out of over 2 hours of on air testimony and several days worth of testimony under oath which was recorded. If you want to know what happened, perhaps google that and watch it, as Sam has.
@@marianworley4985 "Since that testimony by Cassidy Hutchison, it was verified by the ss that she was told accurately. " oh, or had the actual secret service that were in the limo reach out and offered to testify that, obviously, he did not go james bond, tried to grab the steergin wheel from the back, while fighting off guards that tried to prevent him simultaneously. you people are living in a fairy tale...
Sam's comments on Trump, Cheney, Biden, Kamala and abortion......breathtaking - the level of clarity is remarkable. Makes me weep that this rationale is so rare.
@@jmc5335 Where does Sam say that exactly? Not in this podcast. Can you give specific examples please. Yes, he rightly blames the woke left for people voting on the right, which is obvious, but he actually says the left if to blame for Trumpism?
Sam: i’ve been listening to your podcasts for years and I’m a huge fan but on the trump issue I still think you’re coming out it’s slightly from the wrong perspective. You are of course entitled to dislike Trump. I dislike Trump. But your continued advocacy for the proposition that the election of Trump was a mistake is simply wrong. Trump was democratically elected. It was not a mistake. The phase in American history that included Trump as president was obviously an event that had to occur. With equanimity, I accept that as a fact. Besides all of that not everything about Trump was bad for America. So please try to stop being 100% correct about everything. All the best mate, from Michael, Sydney Australia.
Technically he lost the popular vote by millions of votes when he was elected and instead won the electoral college. So no, he was not democratically elected. It would not be unreasonable to suggest that Trump's election was a mistake. And on top of that, pointing this out is relevant to American politics because it calls into question the utility of the electoral college. The Senate and the electoral college were largely formed in an intentionally anti-democratic attempt to appease the slaveholding states at the time of writing the constitution. We now have a Supreme Court that is drastically more conservative than the average American and a number of those justices were appointed by Presidents that didn't win the popular vote. These things are worth bringing up because they highlight systemic issues with our government. Speaking as an American. Also, just out of curiosity....what about Trump was good for America, exactly? All the best from Oklahoma. :)
I think abortion bans are not just a catholic thing, consider all Christian and other religions too. It’s not realistic to say just Catholics want to ban abortion, or say that it’s just a political issue. However, you as others really understand why there shouldn’t be an abortion ban but regulations over this matter.
Theory of Everything solution (short version): Swap from Newton "real/necessary" universe over to Leibniz "contingent/not-necessary" universe as our fundamental blueprint of the universe. This includes Leibniz calculus vs Newton calculus. Anywhere Leibniz and Newton thought different. All of it. Full swap. Gottfried Leibniz "contingent/not-necessary" universe just lacked 2022 quantum physics verbiage (just match up definitions i.e. quark and Monad) and Hamilton's 4D quaternion algebra (created 200 years after Leibniz died). Lastly, our first number is NOT 1. It's 0. Our ten numbers are 0, 1, 2, 3,...9 ✅. Our ten dimensions are 0D, 1D, 2D, 3D,...9D ✅. Ask someone to begin counting. I bet they begin with 1. 1 is not the beginning. 0 is the beginning. 1D is a Line; two points; physical; matter; beginning and ending; contingent. 0D is a (point); exact location only; no spatial extension; zero size; Monad (Leibniz) Quark (strong nuclear force); necessary. Examples: What is another word for quark? fundamental particle, elementary particle. Do quarks take up space? Its defining feature is that it lacks spatial extension; being dimensionless, it does not take up space. How fast do quarks move? the speed of light (see Leibniz's Law of Sufficient Reason). What is an elementary particle example? (0, 1, 2, 3) Elementary particles include quarks (the constituents of protons and neutrons), leptons (electrons, muons, taus, and neutrinos), gauge bosons (photons, gluons, and W and Z bosons) and the Higgs boson. What is the size of an elementary particle? The elementary particles are not believed to have any size at all. As currently understood they are zero size points. Protons and neutrons (and all hadrons) are about 10−15m. Match Leibniz definitions to quantum physics definitions. Different word, same definition. Not a coincidence.
Human consciousness, mathematically, is identical to 4D quaternion algebra with w, x, y, z being "real/necessary" 0D, 1D, 2D, 3D and i, j, k being "contingent/not-necessary" 0D, 1D xi, 2D yj, 3D zk. 0D is always w (real/necessary) 1D-9D contingent/not-necessary universe has "conscious lifeforms" (1D xi, 2D yj, 3D zk)..."turning" 'time'. [In mathematics, a versor is a quaternion of norm one (a unit quaternion). The word is derived from Latin versare = "to turn" with the suffix -or forming a noun from the verb (i.e. versor = "the turner"). It was introduced by William Rowan Hamilton in the context of his quaternion theory.] [Math; 4D quaternion algebra] A quaternion is a 4-tuple, which is a more concise representation than a rotation matrix. Its geo- metric meaning is also more obvious as the rotation axis and angle can be trivially recovered. How do you make a quaternion? (Nobody is starting with 0) You can create an N-by-1 quaternion array by specifying an N-by-3 array of Euler angles in radians or degrees. Use the euler syntax to create a scalar quaternion using a 1-by-3 vector of Euler angles in radians. "Turn" to what, you might ask. 5D is the center of 1D-9D (constellation Dorado [dolphinfish]). All things are drawn to the center, the whole. [Contingent Universe]: 3 sets of 3 dimensions: (1D-3D/4D-6D/7D-9D) The illusory middle set (4D, 5D, 6D) is temporal. Id imagine we create this middle temporal set similar to a dimensional Venn Diagram with polarized lenses that we "turn" by being conscious. Which requires energy. 3D height symmetry/entanglement with 6D depth and 9D absorption is why we are "consumers", we must consume/absorb calories, and sleep, to continue "to turn" 'time' (be alive). 1D-3D spatial set/7D-9D spectral set overlap creating the temporal illusion of 4D-6D set. Transcending one another. 1D, 2D, 3D = spatial composite (line, width, height) 4D, 5D, 6D = temporal illusory (length, breadth, depth) 7D, 8D, 9D = spectra energies (continuous, emission, absorption) Symmetry/entanglement: 1D, 4D, 7D line, length, continuous 2D, 5D, 8D width, breadth, emission 3D, 6D, 9D height, depth, absorption [Time] According to theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli, time is an illusion: our naive perception of its flow doesn't correspond to physical reality. Indeed, as Rovelli argues in The Order of Time, much more is illusory, including Isaac Newton's picture of a universally ticking clock. Does time exist without space? Time 'is' as space 'is' - part of a reference frame in which in ordered sequence you can touch, throw and eat apples. Time cannot exist without space and the existence of time does require energy. Time, then, has three levels, according to Leibniz: (i) the atemporality or eternality of God; (ii) the continuous immanent becoming-itself of the monad as entelechy; (iii) time as the external framework of a chronology of “nows” The difference between (ii) and (iii) is made clear by the account of the internal principle of change. The real difference between the necessary being of God and the contingent, created finitude of a human being is the difference between (i) and (ii). Conclusion: Humanity needs to immediately swap from "Newton" to "Leibniz". Also from Edison to Tesla. Also the Aether guy. Our calculus is incorrect (Leibniz > Newton): What is the difference between Newton and Leibniz calculus? Newton's calculus is about functions. Leibniz's calculus is about relations defined by constraints. In Newton's calculus, there is (what would now be called) a limit built into every operation. In Leibniz's calculus, the limit is a separate operation.
No, the overriding of Roe was not done as a result of Catholicism. That may have played a part in the judicial overreach Roberts noted, but that was only possible because Roe was bad law, and even RBG saw that.
I agree with Sam when it comes to the topics of consciousness, AI, and mindfulness, but his take on politics is where I diverge from him. I still identify as a liberal but it's hard to argue the blatant bias of Trumps coverage. The Jan 6 hearing is a prime example of this. To entertain a "hearing" without cross-examination and adversarial hearing is to throw away real justice for the sake of wokeness. The fact that the media's bombshell witness was someone who heard from someone about something is beyond insane. And I say this as someone who would not want Trump to run my country, though at this point he's better than Biden
I identify as not full of shit. A Republican assistant to Mark Meadows takes on perjury and death threats to tell her story and tells it as genuine as any one could. "I identify as liberal" and using "TDS" in the same comment. Sure buddy. Its just a guy trying to pull off a coup.
You realize these hearings aren’t like a typical courtroom trial, right? It’s not like the prosecution vs the defense where the defense has a chance to cross examine the witness the prosecution brings forward. This was a committee who’s sole purpose was to investigate Jan 6 and now they’re presenting their evidence. Also more than one person on the trump side of things was asked to be interviewed by the committee and they either declined, or pleaded the 5th. Michael Flynn pleaded the 5th over 100 times, so it’s not like they didn’t have a chance to tell their side of the story
I've never heard Sam Harris mention the main policy that Trump or the GOP enacted that held him back, or that Trump enacted that was indeed terrible. I have a list that Biden Harris enacted that were bad or indefensible.
How on Earth do you think Trump is better than Biden when he literally tried to steal the election and overturn democracy. I don't get how you guys somehow think this isn't a threat or issue whatsoever. Is the dismantling of democracy really not an issue for you at all? Do you think the call Trump had with a governor to "find more votes" was just a conspiracy, even though it was clearly recorded on tape? The preservation of basic democratic norms has to be #1. The fact Trump is willing to override the basic will of the people makes him an enemy of the state. He's basically a dictator in waiting. You really want that person to have access to executive orders and all the other powers associated with that branch of government? Its just total insanity to me. The idea that you still identify as a liberal but would prefer Trump over Biden, when Biden is the only hope for dealing with climate change, seeks sensible reforms (and will pass them) on gun violence, or countless other issues like improving healthcare (not to mention RESPECTING DEMOCRACY) makes zero sense. You're as liberal as Dave Rubin is, which is to say that you're liberal in some 18th century sense that when interpreted in a modern context makes you an ordinary centrist republican. Like what on Earth is so horrifying about Biden that you think Trump is preferable? Yes he's old. Oh no!!! He stumbles his words. What are your actual concerns? Because as far as policy goes, he hasn't done anything out of the ordinary for a centrist democrat.
Now that's silly. Every other word out of Stalins mouth was "socialism". Communists live and breathe socialism. And obviously Stalin wasn't a Communist, but neither is Trump a capitalist. That dog loves bankruptcy laws. Under a free market, he'd be in prison.
Matthew 6 NKJV Lay Up Treasures in Heaven(U) 19 (V)“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 (W)but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. The Lamp of the Body(X) 22 (Y)“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is [g]good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is [h]bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! You Cannot Serve God and Riches 24 (Z)“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. (AA)You cannot serve God and [i]mammon. Do Not Worry(AB) 25 “Therefore I say to you, (AC)do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 (AD)Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one [j]cubit to his [k]stature? 28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not [l]arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But (AE)seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
I stopped watching any RU-vid that has “why” in the title especially if the RU-vid is going to try to explain "why something matters" because unless you like trivia or are looking for entertainment, most of them are useless. So I will not be watching this one. Having said this, I do like Sam Harris and am usually interested in what he has to say and watched may of his RU-vid's and also read some of his books.
Other than the feelings of fear governed by our superficial drive for recognition and material gains within a gift, what is left for others from our acts of giving? If there is such a thing, finding it would be the truest of gifts another could ever give. ~ VF Luvall This was meant for Jordan which reminded me of this channel in his latest post, let's hope he finds it.
Very few politicians can be considered an American hero. Chenery is definitely not an American hero. Pump the brakes. The last thing a politician did that could be argued as being heroic was Condoleezza Rice's decision to not run for president. She would have one easy. She was qualified and she turned down the power. She also turned down the history books; to be remembered as the first black president and first woman president. Paradoxically, I think her decision to not run serves as an indication that she would have been a great president. And let's face, a person is abnormal by definition if they want to become a politician. Is there a spectrum of severity? Yes. Every adjective Sam used in this video to describe Trump appears to be true. With that said, I grew up in the strong Clinton 90's, and before COVID, life under Trump felt like the Clinton 90's again. It was great. I attribute this achievement to Trump.
seriously? you of all people should have acknowledged the fact that the supreme court decision was only about delegating the final decision to the people..
The world is changing before our eyes...we are animals and I hope we survive. Good luck to you all my brothers and sisters. I'll see you in heaven unless that Christian God sends me to "hell".
41:30 During this spiel about the 1950's vs today, income is mentioned, but cost of living is never mentioned? That has an infinitely bigger impact on people than wealth inequality. If your income doubled but cost of living tripled, you're worse off. What an absolute error to never mention it, like wtf?
42:06 "and by almost any economic measure that you look at the median American household adjusted for inflation is so much better off today in the year 2022 than they were in any period during the 1950s and it's not even close, it's like out like the median household income adjusted for inflation is more than 2x today what it was in the 1950s and life expectancy, access to medical care, educational attainment like go on down the list of almost any metric..." He explained it quite clearly, he took the care not only to say that income is adjusted for inflation, but he also clarified that he was using median income instead of mean (average), which can be influenced by outliers, and even clarified that he was talking about household income, because thinks can look different if you consider just personal income.
A very fascinating guest. Love that he feels like he has a lot to say of value. Speaking of, I didn't really take to his definition of rich vs wealth. Rich is money. Wealth is value. Rich is something to be spent. Wealth is something to grow. That's how I see it at least.
It's not true that pro-lifers don't have any arguments for abortion in the earliest stages. They often argue that a human life begins with conception, a new lifeform results that would usually develop into a human being of the later stages. An embryo is not an organ of the mother, but a different lifeform, a human lifeform. One might argue that this is not decisive, but it strikes me as true.
Most journalism is reactive, not proactive. So, with respect, it’s a not particularly “hot take” to claim that journalists couldn’t predict generational defining events before they happened. Even if we ignore the reactive nature of journalism, most of the events Housel listed were absolutely predictable. The WTC had already been bombed before 9/11 (and US intelligence knew that another attack was incoming); it was inevitable that the US would enter WWII and they had advanced knowledge of a Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (hence the “absent” air carriers); and tons of specialists have been predicting a covid-like pandemic for years. We just dodged all the previous bullets until this one.
Do you have anything of substance to say, or any specifics to present; or are you merely presenting some vague opinion? You remind me of the "Open your eyes!" Kayak commercial.
Sending the hooligans to prison should do the trick. In line with sentencing guidelines. Somewhere between what was done with Portland, Oregon rioters, and throwing rioters under the bus.
I have been listening to the Making Sense podcast for about a decade. Sam has changed my mind on the idea of free will, made me develop a meditation practice and has got me interested in neuroscience, artificial intelligence and philosophy. I used to listen to every single podcast religiously, especially the political ones. Now they are the ones I listen to the least. As my political thinking has developed over the years I may be beginning to finally realize how much of a clueless liberal Sam is. It seems to me that he is trapped in a liberal media news bubble. This is why his TDS has become so serious and long-lasting. When your media diet consists mainly of the NYT, WSJ and The Atlantic, I can see why you would assume that Trump is America's greatest problem right now. The problem isn't Trump he is a symptom of the problem. Trump-like figures (populist right-wing types) are popping up all over the world in capitalist nations. Jair Bolsonaro, Viktor Orban, and Roger Duterte just are some examples. The system of capitalism is the problem, not Trump. You take away Trump and another trump-like figure will appear. I don't think Sam can see the source of the problem. All these liberal news networks will reduce the problem down to a narrative of good vs evil like we are in some marvel movie or something because they have no interest in addressing the actual problem. It goes against their bottom line. Lenin once said that Fascism is Capitalism in decay. After witnessing these past few years and the pandemic and also deepening my understanding of history and the Weimar Republic and Germany before WW2, I wholeheartedly agree with this sentiment. Socialism and Communism as ideas only came about because people were willing to criticize the system of capitalism. They weren't the ramblings of some nut jobs. I feel I have the most accurate and clear-headed interpretation of our culture and society after understanding these ideologies. They give you a great lens through which to understand politics. I feel sam has a huge hole in his political thinking because he refuses to engage with these ideas. This is why I implore him to get someone like Richard D. Wolff on his podcast so that his liberal views can be seriously challenged.
@@conordelaney76 Capitalism. This doesn't mean that Capitalism has no redeeming qualities or cannot be done well, and it doesn't mean socialism or communism is the answer. We just need to look hard at what our society is doing, and what it could do better. America is no longer even recognizable as a functioning capitalist society. Its become subject to corporate and political tyranny. The power of the people has been dimished to such an extent that we have no levers left to pull. A couple of examples: There is NO good reason for the wealthiest nation on earth to not provide garunteed healthcare to everyone... Why is weed still criminalized federally when majority voters would like to de-criminalize it? No garunteed vacation time, or time for new mothers.. There is just an endless list of socially issues both right and left are united on as a people that our politicans and corporations wont give us.
I don’t like the argument we’re better than we use to be so it’s all ok. We evolved in a tribe and we are not dumb. We know the wealth of any person is a result of the rest of us no one can get it alone. If your in a tribe and this super smart guy who just knows everything about everything, but takes 99% of the stuff the tribe gets. You know what the tribe does not value their life as much as the stuff they take so they end up dead. We’re all sitting around hating the rich. Every movie TV show villain is some rich guy or some greedy guy. Society already is primed just like the French were before every ones heads came off. If we face any type of food shortage before something real is done it won’t matter how much you tell people life’s better than it use to be your heads coming off. Starvation even on a minor level triggers the mob. To the rich fix it or you’ll end up on the Guillotine. It’s not an if at this point it’s a when.
I didn't know about Liz Cheney. So I thought Sam was saying Dick Cheney and also using the pronoun 'She.' I kept going back and hearing it again and again, and was eventually convinced Sam was saying Dick Cheney and using "she" to refer to him. I swear to god, the amount of confusion the whole thing created was just....scary. 😂I was like, "Wait...Dick Cheney is back, and also, he is now a transwoman?" In my defense, and I think many will side with me, nothing seems that far-fetched in this timeline. Why wouldn't Dick Cheney be back as a trans?
You amaze me at times Mr Harris. I see a bunch of reasons for calling abortion unethical, while not coming from a religious standpoint. I love your work and will become a subscriber on your website next week, so I'm not trying to bad talk you! You've just had a couple of stances that seem so strange, out of place almost. Being a bit unpredictable is probably a good thing though 😝
Codifying Roe in federal statute form would not have "secured abortion rights" by any means. All it would have yielded is a temporary legal status for abortion, until such time that the Republican party gains control of the Congress and White House. They would then repeal the codification and probably also ban abortion nationally. The only way to properly secure abortion rights is to pass a constitutional amendment, which I wholeheartedly support, but which is also virtually impossible in the current political climate. This forming theocratic hellscape that we're witnessing is occurring due to the fact that our system allows for minority rule via gerrymandering, the Senate, and the electoral college. Given the fact that the right wing in this country has long abandoned any democratic principles it may have once held means that, unless the system is changed somehow, we are in for regular news stories of raped little girls being forced to give birth, mothers with wanted pregnancies gone wrong dying due to fearful doctors refusing to perform life-saving terminations, and the virtually certain logical consequence of women given prison sentences for seeking illegal abortions. This comment is dedicated to all those right-leaning atheists who have been forever assuring me that religion is "harmless."
Sam’s premise on what a typical trump supporter is , is really off base. He thinks it’s the typical conservative right wing and religious. No my friend, it’s former Obama voters , people that 10 years ago considered themselves democrats.
Sam, honestly, I know it's insane, but as a reasonable Canadian, I'm begging for you to run for president. We need some rational thought down there. Actually we need it up here as well. LOL. Justin Trudeau seems completely enthralled with Identity politics and apologizing for things that happened 100-200 yrs ago and feel we all should feel overwhelming guilt for what happened back then.
I agree with you but Sam is too rational and would be viciously attacked from both sides. In my opinion that makes him a better candidate but it would be very dangerous for him.
@@chewbaccasworld3672 We all need compromise and a willingness to earnestly examine facts, statistics or we are lost as progressive societies. 4 years of people calling everything fake news has created such a caustic environment it’s almost impossible to have even the most basic political discussion without both sides going completely off the rails.
@@chewbaccasworld3672 thas right a guy who votd for a literaly old folks home patient destroying the country, over the best presiden in modern history is the face of logic
@@chewbaccasworld3672 The man can't handle Ezra Klein so I doubt he would manage against the rest of the press. His racist bigotry would go down well in some quarters, but blaming the Jews for their own genocide and saying that rape is preferable to religion would definitely be the death of his campaign. People would see through the hypocrisy
@@jmc5335 I haven't heard him say those things and from what I have heard he isn't a racist or bigot. However I did hear him debate Ezra and even though I went into the debate supporting him for his freedom of speech position I thought he crashed and burned. Big time.
