The Denial of Death
Mentions in Episodes:
- Episode: John Vervaeke: Meaning Crisis, Atheism, Religion & the Search for Wisdom | Lex Fridman Podcast #317
Podcast: Lex Fridman PodcastErnest Becker talked about this in his book 'Denial of Death', stating that the fear of death is an important motivator in our lives.
- Episode: David Wolpe: Judaism | Lex Fridman Podcast #270
Podcast: Lex Fridman PodcastFirst of all, I would say when I was in high school, I think my father actually encouraged me to read this book. I read Ernest Becker's 'Denial of Death,' which I found, and still find, to be one of the most profound works I’ve ever come across.
- Episode: Yann LeCun: Dark Matter of Intelligence and Self-Supervised Learning | Lex Fridman Podcast #258
Podcast: Lex Fridman PodcastErnest Becker—I'm not sure if you're familiar with the philosopher; he wrote the book 'Denial of Death'—his idea is that one of the core motivations of human beings is our terror of death.