Sam Harris: Freedom of Speech

Sam Harris is an American philosopher, neuroscientist and host of the Making Sense podcast. His work touches on topics including rationality, ethics, psychedelics and artificial intelligence. In this episode of Brave New World, he and Evgeny talk about: Why free speech is the “best error correcting asset we have” to enable cooperation How the US and UK differ in protecting freedom of speech Why “tolerance of intolerance is cowardice” Why populist politics are a problem for democracies The “insanity machine” built by social media The role of traditional newspapers as gatekeepers against misinformation in the AI age Hit the follow button on your podcast provider so you don’t miss any episodes of Brave New World.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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