That's a hard one. I would love to talk to Harris at length, but I don't know what I would ask him given just one question. Maybe something to the effect of 'How are you able to continue to engage with people who disagree with you so viciously, and still retain peace of mind and a gentle demeanor?' It's one thing to hear him talk abstractly about meditation, or share a story or two about some past experience, but I'm most interested in learning how to safely, or more safely gaze into the abyss.
That's a good one and I agree. I get exasperated and uneasy at even slight misunderstandings of what I say. Wholesale and repeated fabrication and willful misrepresentation... that's gotta be discouraging. I would also ask a methods-based question. Something like how does he practice his delivery? Is it the podcasts, talks, and public conversations themselves that represent his practice? He's incredibly articulate and yet doesn't sacrifice the range or quality of argument. Does he stand on the beach and practice with pebbles in his mouth? #Demosthenes