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Sheldon Solomon - Death and Meaning
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Sheldon Solomon is a social psychologist, a philosopher, co-developer of Terror Management Theory, co-author of The Worm at the Core.
Books mentioned
The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in LifeSheldon Solomon
The Denial of DeathErnest Becker
The Birth and Death of MeaningErnest Becker
Escape from EvilErnest Becker
The PlagueAlbert Camus
Clock Without Hands.Carson McCullers
Being and TimeMartin Heidegger
Timestamps
- 5:34 - Role of death in life
- 22:57 - Jordan Peterson
- 53:02 - Humans are both selfish and cooperative
- 56:57 - Civilization collapse
- 1:10:07 - Meditating on your mortality
- 1:16:10 - Kierkegaard and Heidegger
- 1:33:25 - Elon Musk
- 1:36:56 - Thinking deeply about death
- 1:45:53 - Religion
- 1:56:59 - Consciousness
- 2:03:39 - Why is Ernest Becker not better known
- 2:07:09 - AI and mortality
- 2:21:07 - Academia should welcome renegade thinkers
- 2:36:33 - Book recommendations
- 2:43:23 - Advice for young people
- 2:48:17 - Meaning of life