#372 — Life & Work
2024-06-24 · 42 min · 11 entities
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Episode description as stored
Sam Harris speaks with George Saunders about his creative process. They discuss George's involvement with Buddhism, the importance of kindness, psychedelics, writing as a practice, the work of Raymond Carver, the problem of social media, our current political moment, the role of fame in American culture, Wendell Berry, fiction as way of exploring good and evil, The Death of Ivan Ilyich , missed opportunities in ordinary life, what it means to be a more loving person, his article "The Incredible Buddha Boy," the prison of reputation, Tolstoy, and other topics.
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