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Podcast: Waking Up with Sam Harris
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#221 — Success, Failure, & the Common Good

Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 00:46:48
Publish Date: 2020-10-22 21:10:55
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In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Michael Sandel about the problem with meritocracy . They discuss the dark side of the concept of merit, the pernicious myth of the self-made man, the moral significance of luck, the backlash against "elites" and expertise, how we value human excellence, the connection between wealth and value creation, the ethics of the tax code, higher education as a sorting mechanism for a caste system, alternatives to 4-year colleges, and other topics.

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