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Mentioned in 12 episodes

Better Never to Have Been

Book • 2006

Mentioned by

Anthony Metivier

Mentioned in 12 episodes

Mentioned by

Alex O'Connor

as a book by David Benatar, who is considered the superstar of antinatalism.

Is Being Smart Worth the Depression? - Alex O’Connor & Joe Folley - #1012

Mentioned when discussing extreme views on personal autonomy and the right to sue for wrongful life.

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Mentioned by Jordan B. Peterson, discussing Benatar's argument that life's suffering outweighs its good.

126. Biblical Series: Jacobs Ladder

Mentioned by

Anthony Metivier

as a philosophical text similar to

John Danaher

's work.

Why Teaching And Teachers Fail You: A Conversation With John Danaher

Mentioned by

Peter Nielsen

as David Benatar’s influential argument that birth imposes harms and that nonexistence is preferable.

Episode 150: Cosmic Optimism vs Cosmic Pessimism

Mentioned by

Karl White

as a systematic antinatalism philosophy that is more blunt compared to Choran.

Emil Cioran and the Human Condition with Karl White

Mentioned by

Albert Mohler

as an example of philosophical nihilism that regards nonexistence as preferable to existence.

A Crisis in Family Estrangement — A Conversation with Noelle Mering

Mentioned by

Ricardo Lopes

as

David Benatar

's earlier well-known book on antinatalism referenced in the episode description and conversation.

#1252 David Benatar - The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

Mentioned by

Todd May

in discussion of antinatalism.

#1069 Todd May: Should We Go Extinct?

Mentioned by

Alex O'Connor

as a book discussing the asymmetry of suffering and pleasure, and antinatalism.

8 Impossible Thought Experiments - Cosmic Skeptic - #484

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