The Perspective that Changed my Fear of Death

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Published on October 31, 2024 2:51:25 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw0zx2cStlU

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About this video:
A reflection on death, cinema, and that time when I almost lost everything.

0:00 Prologue: the day she got sick
1:10 Spielberg, Tolkien, and Stories about Death
4:40 The Denial of Death
8:47 How the Fear of Death is Born
11:12 An Impossible Creature
14:24 Our Decaying Bodies
16:35 A Dream About Being a Person
20:16 When the Delusion of Meaning Breaks
24:53 Rust Cohle Was Wrong
28:37 Living Inside a Contradiction
33:04 Finding New Heroisms

Sources:
Ernest Becker - The Denial of Death: https://amzn.to/4e6Wpcv
Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg & Tom Pyszczynski - The Worm at the Core: https://amzn.to/3C4wi8O

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