PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: SAM HARRIS

A candid conversation with the scientist, humanist and (depending on whom you ask) Intellectual Dark Web overlord on American orthodoxies—religious and secular, liberal and conservative

At a moment when public discourse seems increasingly split between the virtue-signalling left and the dog-whistling right, Sam Harris inhabits what some call the radical centre. A philosopher, neuroscientist, critic of religion and defender of controversial thinkers under siege, he is more or less equally dubious of Donald Trump, Islamic fundamentalism, identity politics and liberal sanctimony. If you believe deeply in something — from God to Kanye — chances are Harris has a pin to pop your balloon. The New York Times last year lumped Harris in with a rising band of outsider pundits dubbed the “Intellectual Dark Web” alongside such high-minded provocateurs as psychologist Jordan Peterson, mathematician Eric Weinstein and Daily Wire founder Ben Shapiro. Aside from being mostly white men, they have little in common other than assorted…

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Playboy Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2019

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