📚 5 Books mentioned in "John Vervaeke: Meaning Crisis, Atheism, Religion & the Search for Wisdom | Lex Fridman Podcast #317" of Lex Fridman Podcast

This is Hogarth's proposal in 'Educating Intuition.'

John Vervaeke discusses Hogarth's book, 'Educating Intuition', to introduce implicit learning and explain how individuals utilize intuition in information processing.

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The Book of Ecclesiastes states that 'it's all vanity; it's all meaningless.'

In this segment, John Vervaeke refers to The Book of Ecclesiastes to illustrate that the notion of life's meaninglessness has been a longstanding idea, which he uses to support his discussion on the meaning crisis.

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You have an excellent 50-part lecture series online on the meaning crisis, and I think you describe in modern times an increase in depression, loneliness, cynicism, and, wait for it, the term used technically by Harry Frankfurt and adopted by you.

In this segment, Lex Fridman references Harry Frankfurt, recognizing him as the source of a significant term related to meaning, which is also utilized by his guest, John Vervaeke.

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Ernest Becker talked about this in his book 'Denial of Death', stating that the fear of death is an important motivator in our lives.

During the conversation, John Vervaeke references 'Denial of Death' by Ernest Becker, highlighting how the fear of death serves as a significant motivator for human behavior. This mention is part of a broader discussion about the origins of the meaning crisis.

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Nietzsche's 'Will to Power', Freud's thoughts about wanting to have sex with your mother – all these different explanations are what truly motivate human beings.

Lex discusses Nietzsche's concept of 'Will to Power' in the context of exploring various theories about what drives human motivation, including Freudian ideas.

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