Books Recommended by Sam Harris
Sam Harris is an American neuroscientist, author, podcaster, and philosopher. He is known for touching a wide range of subjects, such as religion, neuroscience, meditation, and artificial intelligence. His most popular book is Waking Up, a guide to meditation as a ration practice – spirituality without religion.
Harris received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA.
In 2013, Harris started the Waking Up podcast, where he invites guests and discusses several topics, from religion to meditation and more. The podcast was later renamed Making Sense in order to differentiate it from his meditation app, Waking Up.
He has been meditating for over 30 years, studying this practice in different regions of the world, from Tibetan, Indian, Burmese, and Western meditation teachers.