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Can We Pull Back From The Brink? (Episode #207)

Sam Harris · 1.2M views · 2020-06-13 · 1:53:00

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Overview

A Sam Harris podcast episode from June 2020 on the protests and unrest after George Floyd's death, discussing racism and police violence in America in light of the available data.

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HN commenters recommend it as a data-oriented discussion of race and police shootings.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2020–2021

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kryogen1c · 2021-01 · Strong recommendation

> The BLM protests were in response to a real, meaningful threat actually, your two examples are very alike in the "things that did not happen" category. the murder of George floyd was negligent at best and malicious at worst, but racist cops killing blacks is simply not a large issue, and certainly not a "meaningful threat" to all black people. San Harris published a seminal piece on the matter: [VIDEO]

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collyw · 2020-07 · Strong recommendation

Sam Harris did an excellent podcast (in my opinion) touching on the topics you mentioned. [VIDEO] or text [LINK]

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collyw · 2020-07 · Strong recommendation

>Our media is destroying the USA. I think this is incredibly true. And it is spreading to other parts of the world. There is a lot of sensationalism, around black lives matter protests, and very little objective analysis of the "problem". It seems incredibly irresponsible considering the results. I would urge everyone to listen to (or read) what Sam Harris says in his podcast on the topic, he brings some objectivity and rationality back to the discussion. You feel like there is still some sanity left in the world after listening to it. [VIDEO] [LINK]

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