#219 — The Power of Compassion

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Sam Harris speaks with James R. Doty about his memoir "Into the Magic Shop." They discuss the significance of childhood stress, the possibility of changing one's core beliefs about oneself, the relationship between surgeons and their patients, the nature of compassion, the Dalai Lama, the relationship between wealth and empathy, the worsening problem of social inequality, the physiology of compassion, the broken healthcare system in the U.S., and other topics.

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2020-10-08 48 min

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