Making Sense with Sam Harris · 2026-04-24 · 16 min · 3,577 words

#472 — Strange Days on the Right

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Uh, I'm good. How are you doing? You it's getting crazy out there. I've noticed uh from afar that your life has uh gotten more interesting in the last uh 12 months or so. Yeah, you know, the the the the old uh Chinese curse, maybe live in interesting times, is definitely uh applying itself.

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