Sam Harris speaks with Paul Bloom about the role that pain and suffering play in living a good life. They discuss the limitations of hedonism, the connection between chosen suffering and meaning, the research of Daniel Kahneman on well-being, integrating the experiencing and remembering selves, moral motivations, the effects of parenthood on happiness, unchosen suffering, the asymmetry of loss and gain, Nozick's "experience machine" thought experiment, effective altruism, valuing the future more than the past, the power of contrast, false ideals of happiness, polyamory, money and status, the role of the imagination, boredom, the power of apology, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe. Learning how to train your mind is the single greatest investment you can make in life. That's why Sam Harris created the <a href="http://wakingup.com/">Waking Up</a> app. From rational mindfulness practice to lessons on some of life's most important topics, join Sam as he demystifies the practice of meditation and explores the theory behind it.

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Sam Harris Episodes Around November 2, 2021

#254 — The Mating Strategies of Earthlings

#255 — The Future of Intelligence

#256 — A Contagion of Bad Ideas

Ask Me Anything #17

#257 — The State of the World

#258 — The Fall of Afghanistan

#259 — The Reckoning to Come

#260 — The Second Plane

Ask Me Anything #18

Absolutely Mental Season Two

#261 — Belief & Identity

#262 — The Future of American Democracy

#263 — The Paradox of Death

#264 — Consciousness and Self (Rebroadcast)

#265 — The Religion of Anti-Racism

#266 — The Limits of Pleasure

#267 — The Kingdom of Sleep

#268 — The Limits of Self-Knowledge

#269 — Deep Time

#270 — What Have We Learned from the Pandemic?

#271 — Earning to Give

#272 — On Disappointing My Audience

Vaccine Mandates, transgender athletes, billionaires… (AMA #19)

#273 — Joe Rogan and the Ethics of Apology

#274 — The Future of American Democracy

Special Episode: Recipes for Future Plagues

Absolutely Mental Season 3

#275 — The Russian War in Ukraine

#276 — Defending the Global Order

#277 — How Does the War in Ukraine End?

#278 — The Man Who Will Be King

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