The goal of this series is to organize, compile, and juxtapose conversations hosted by Sam Harris into specific areas of interest. This is an ongoing effort to construct a coherent overview of Sam s perspectives and arguments, the various explorations and approaches to the topic, the relevant agreements and disagreements, and the pushbacks and evolving thoughts which his guests have advanced. The purpose of these compilations is not to provide a complete picture of any issue, but to entice you to go deeper into these subjects. Along the way, we ll point you to the full episodes with each featured guest, and at the conclusion, we'll offer some reading, listening, and watching suggestions which range from fun and light to densely academic. Sam has long argued for a unity of knowledge, where the barriers between fields of study are viewed as largely unhelpful artifacts of unnecessarily partitioned thought. The pursuit of wisdom and reason in one area of study naturally bleeds into, and greatly affects, others. And hopefully, you'll also understand how it is that when Sam connects the dots of the universe with logical argumentation and careful observation of our first-person experiences, he firmly argues that the concept of free will is incoherent and the sense that we have it is illusory. Let's make sense of it. This is a topic that's notorious for its linguistic dead ends, and frequent inklings that everyone might be talking past one another. So we'll try our best to navigate this famously thorny subject, and highlight the failure points that can derail the conversation and derail the whole thing, so that we can find a way to get to the root cause of the problem at hand. Thanks to our sponsors, and to our listeners who make it all the best we can get the most out of this thing we're trying to understand it. We don't run ads on the podcast and therefore are made possible entirely through the support of our subscribers. . Become a supporter of the podcast, and therefore become a supporter by becoming a supporter. So if you enjoy what we're doing here, please consider becoming one! Subscribe to the Making Sense Podcast, become a subscriber, become one, and help us make sense of what we re doing here! and become a member of the community! You'll get a better listening experience, and you'll get access to all sorts of great podcasts, including the latest and the best ones we're making sense of the things we're listening to.