Tag: socialmedia
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A most extraordinary woman.
In this podcast, Sam Harris interviews documentary maker Meg Smaker about the controversy surrounding her film The Unredacted (originally screened as Jihad Rehab). This documentary explores the lives and worldviews of four accused terrorists that were initially Guantanamo detainees, and were then sent to a rehabilitation centre in Saudi Arabia. Hence, Jihad Rehab. It was…
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The almost extinct art of journal blogging.
In which I ask you to put away your social media video droppings and take a few moments to search out the lesser-known joys of reading about people’s lives. There is intense competition for your online attention. It has been referred to as the attention economy. From Facebook to YouTube to TikTok, curators of social…
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My podcast feeds.
I subscribe to numerous podcasts. I don’t necessarily listen to every episode because topics and guests may not always interest me. I think podcasts remain a super useful way of accessing a little long-form intellectual and spiritual nourishment be it on the fly, on the road or on the mattress. They are definitely cheaper (ie…