Books by Sam Harris
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review 1: I clung to my belief in free will for as long as I possibly could while reading this book; I really didn't want to agree with him, and I was resolute in my own ideas regarding complete personal agency. I clung to my belief because I needed that freedom, but surprisingly, after di...
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review 1: It was informative, but I found the book slightly lacked structure. I didn't feel the chapter-to-chapter progressions made sense. Moreover, there was a fair bit of theoretical talk but nothing about what action to take. The book covers some different types of meditation but we ar...
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review 1: The basic idea of the book is that science can build an evidence-based foundation for human morals. (That is, atttitudes, policies, social environments, etc. that improve or maintain the well-being of intelligent beings. "Well-being" referring to the health, happiness and simil...
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review 1: A fine, clear, straightforward, and convincing argument for the virtues of telling the truth, even when it feels difficult or may be hurtful. However, many of the examples had to do with telling the truth about "my opinion," which, I think, should have been distinguished from te...