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Sheldon Solomon: Death and Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast #117

Lex Fridman

In this episode of *The Lex Fridman Podcast*, social psychologist and philosopher Sheldon Solomon, co-developer of Terror Management Theory (TMT), explores how the human awareness of mortality serves as a primary motivational force behind civilization's creations. Drawing heavily on Ernest Becker’s …