#117 – Sheldon Solomon: Death and Meaning

Sheldon Solomon is a social psychologist, a philosopher,
co-developer of Terror Management Theory, co-author of The Worm at
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able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. OUTLINE: 00:00 -
Introduction 05:34 - 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