u/Brunodosca — reddlx

New Episode: MS#473 - Money, Power, and Moral Failure - A Conversation with Lloyd Blankfein

Sam Harris speaks with Lloyd Blankfein about finance, politics, and the state of American society. They discuss Blankfein’s memoir, Goldman Sachs and its role as a market maker, the 2007-2008 financial crisis, the AI investment bubble, wealth inequality and the rise of trillionaires, the crisis of antisemitism on the left and right, Trump-era corruption and the post-truth political environment, the national debt, and other topics.

Link: https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/473-money-power-and-moral-failure

u/Brunodosca — 3 days ago

🔥 Hot ▲ 101 r/samharris

New research from North Carolina finds body-worn cameras reduced black incarceration rates by 10.5%

The relationship between race and police is one of Sam's recurrent subjects. New research from North Carolina finds body-worn cameras reduced black incarceration rates by 10.5%. When prosecutors see what actually happened instead of relying solely on police reports, racial disparities in convictions and sentencing shrink.

I found this published in the CATO Institute page, which isn't precisely suspect of being a lefty think tank:

https://www.cato.org/research-briefs-economic-policy/learning-about-police-bias-prosecutors-police-after-body-worn

The original paper:

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6535959

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u/Brunodosca — 3 days ago

🔥 Hot ▲ 114 r/DecodingTheGurus

Niall Ferguson, a MAGA-aligned historian and the husband of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, opines that the recent Trump would-be assassin was indoctrinated at woke Caltech.

Niall Ferguson, a MAGA-aligned historian, co-founder of "University" of Austin, and the husband of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, opines that the Trump shooter was indoctrinated at woke Caltech. This guy is still invited to Sam Harris' podcast and writes of The Free Press, oh surprise!

u/Brunodosca — 6 days ago