| | I appreciate this guys focus. He hardly mentions politics as a social glue, instead focusing on individuality and ethics; certainly a superior angle for playing matchmaker.
I agreed with his thoughts on Buddhism, I've even used "Buddhism at its best" many times to qualify my endorsement. Although, this topic seemed to come from nowhere.
Sam Harris has a similar argument in the last, controversial chapter of The End of Faith. I remember him saying while we're on the shoulders of giants when it comes to physical science, we're on the shoulders of dwarfs when it comes to consciousness. He argues the sages of the east are far better off, though we don't have to take their metaphysical conclusions seriously.
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