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[@despitewisdom]

Not too many great 1 person podcast shows out there. This is one of them. 👏

[@projectmalus]

I'm planting lots of fruit trees, that's my attempt at an afterlife I guess. I'm up to 89 (trees) now. The wild animals around here appreciate it, those partridge with their heads moving like sewing machines and in stereo no less, I knew they ate fruit and buds but the leaves too? and the bear gracefully picking plums and apples and when a branch is too high they gently snap it down and then continue to pick the fruit carefully, like a human. I've never had a fear of death but I've heard about it quite a bit. Identifying as a gardener I've seen many cycles of life and death, in fact last year was a complete disaster. Thanks for the video!

[@goga5104]

This warmed my heart...

[@ArtAndTechWithNicolas]

Good job, high quality stuff 👍. Thank you.

[@jasonsomers8224]

Your scripts are tight. I'm glad I found your work.

[@StrengthScholar0]

I think this may be the best episode you've ever released. I've been chewing on this idea for a while but I think I just gave myself the permission feed myself positive "lies"," illusions", etc. Hopefully I won't reflexively reject "lies" that will only make me feel happier and more fulfilled in the long run. As somebody who sits in neurotic terror (not of death but of life) I just want to say thanks for the wake up call man.

[@michaeldrew3292]

My golly you are speaking my language. This episode is exactly what I've been needing to hear. Great work.

[@tiagoborlidogmail]

4:26 "flattened by a mormon on a bicycle" 🤣🤣🤣

[@searchforserenity8058]

Becker's book had a profound impact on my understanding of human nature. Love the show and thanks for this episode. I have always wondered what others thought of his book.

[@LeventeCzelnai]

imagine that 10 000 years into the future, some no-name university student trying to get some literature to his thesis finds this podcast.

[@antonioriondadelosreyes7523]

I can't stop listening to your podcasts! Thank you so much!

[@finlaycraig8642]

It's a joy to watch your videos, thanks for doing the work you do.

[@lilylennox1920]

This was amazing!

[@christinemartin63]

Very cleverly presented ... and entertaining! Bravo.

[@tannerhagen774]

I buy and read a lot of books based on what this guy talks about. Adding another one to the list. Can’t wait for the next podcast!

[@HappySlapperKid]

Very good, indepth and many new ideas in here for me. Thanks!

[@colinlee1237]

Beautiful pod ty

[@metamorphosis_77]

Unbelievable content like always!

[@steveLOVESbooksandwritingand..]

Great subject!

[@SalM1]

This is a highlight for sure

[@ivandanielarmentagomez.5952]

Wow this one came fast! Ty

[@jacobjackson6513]

Thank you

[@kiyarashreza3654]

Your content is interestingly unique and engaging. You should put out podcasts more often.

[@AlexanderWeurding]

Great question! Not thinking about the why, because there is no why but think about the reason why there is a why. But why should there be a why, that is again a reason.

[@AlexanderWeurding]

wow, thanks, i did not know

[@AlexanderWeurding]

Is fear a memory or just memory.

[@LamprosSamaras]

Hi there! great work on presenting philosophical issues. I just want to point out that the expression "boil in my soup" may not be a standard expression in english but it is used in modern greek! and the meaning is the same as the one you have implied!

[@prismbrandingrealestatebra6301]

Phenomenal podcast. Ernest Becker has many obscure books which are fantastic reads. Everyone has heard of Denial of death but his other works are awesome too check out : Escape from Evil and Science if Man.

[@allhailaynrand]

You should do Kirpke on Naming and Necessity.

[@rafaelbendavid4041]

Do you have a video on Merleau-Ponty? or Husserl?

[@tuberklz]

life as an immortality project

[@Troy-ol5fk]

I'd love to see an episode about Neil Postman

[@ashishmanohar8369]

Can you do a video on Precarity?

[@andrewbowen2837]

I'd have to disagree with Becker. I do fear death itself

[@hanskung3278]

Digital Ontology.....now you have my attention.

[@DaniloInderWildi]

I suffer from Major Depressive Disorder and am currently institutionalized. This podcast was pretty illuminating to me. To me, depression actually means having none of those illusions at hand or at least not being able to believe in any of them. Equals constant neurotic terror.

[@DaniloInderWildi]

@Of the Refrain "..." - Randle Patrick McMurphy (after lobotomy)

[@bxlawless100]

An interesting concept of the Romans and Greek gods was their real jealousy of mankind. Why? We died. Without death, there is no achievement eventually everything will occur. Even in error everything will occur. But, in humans, because we eventually cease to exist we can actually achieve greatness within the timeframe of our lives. A man can bring together a nation to defend itself from destruction. He can become a hero and his decisions matter within his lifetime. Also, living eternally would be an unbearable curse. A never ending circle of mundaneness. One way of looking at death is it’s a gift in some respects.

[@owretchedman]

Why is it taken as a given that humans crave meaning?

[@user-zh1th8sz2l]

Ernest Becker's 'fear of death' has got to be one of the worst cases of publish or perish in the last few generations of careerist academia. One man's or mankind's fear of death does not define or inform human society. It's just stupid and wrong. But, you know, it made him famous, not because he feared death and thus was driven to relentlessly pursue some lasting and enduring accomplishment on account of this grinding fear of death inexorably surging him forward.... But because he wanted to get laid and get paid like anyone else. And to do that you gotta make money and have some status. And that's what defines human nature and human society. Living. Not dying. Still, it's impressive how he was able to center his worldview around this trite little conceit, and then just leg-hump it all the way through. And every aspect of our sorry-ass lives somehow comes back to our fear of death. And you gotta respect that. But the guy's a hack. If this little video is a fair summation of his thoughts, then the guy was wrong about everything. He perceived the world reasonably enough, which you would absolutely demand and expect, but he has no explanation for it. Other than this cockamamie fear of death business. I guess he's just too much of a chickenshit to take hierarchical capitalist society head on, so we get all-embracing fear of death instead....

[@edwardbackman744]

Les non dupes errent. Nothing wrong with living through illusions friends.

[@DjTahoun]

🌷😇🙏🏻🌷

[@justjoshua5759]

I feel like Becker wouldn’t be a fan of Rick Sanchez

[@hanskung3278]

Wait, I thought Nietzsche's Superman could cope with the daily awareness of death.

[@hanskung3278]

Beckers assumption is "we came from nothing".....how does he know this?

[@bxlawless100]

People who live their life in seriousness. I think miss something fundamental in life. Life’s a bit of a joke. I mean. We die at the end of it. It’s a bit of a joke why take it so seriously?

[@hanskung3278]

When you see thru the illusions of our hero projects and realize we are masking the reality of nothingness, isn't that Nihilism?

[@mouwersor]

I've heard Lex Fridman talk waaaaaay too much about this so imma skip this one

[@hanskung3278]

Pop Tarts will provide salvation?

[@hanskung3278]

"We create God's"?

[@stab74]

Yup.

[@hanskung3278]

The "question of meaning" is not a scientific question, science does not deal with this question, and Beckers book is not science.

[@hanskung3278]

How do we come to terms with death? We can....God exists.

[@danilkopaskudnik3002]

tell me one thing that isn't escapism .. ?