#4963

Mentioned in 8 episodes

Better Never to Have Been

Book • 2006

Author

David Benatar

Mentioned by

Mentioned in 8 episodes

Mentioned by

Alex O'Connor

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

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

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

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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

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

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126. Biblical Series: Jacobs Ladder

Mentioned by

Karl White

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

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Emil Cioran and the Human Condition with Karl White

Mentioned by

Anthony Metivier

as a philosophical text similar to

John Danaher

's work.

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

Mentioned by

Todd May

in discussion of antinatalism.

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#1069 Todd May: Should We Go Extinct?

Mentioned by

Alex O'Connor

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

#484 - Cosmic Skeptic - 8 Impossible Thought Experiments

Mentioned as the author of the book that inspired the Palm Springs IVF clinic bomber.

05/22/2025 - Old Glory Club Livestream - Up in the Poles

Mentioned by

Todd May

as a book, that it's not an argument around extinction so much as an argument for each of us that it would be bad to have kids.

Todd May "Should We Go Extinct?: A Philosophical Dilemma for Our Unbearable Times" (Crown, 2024)

Mentioned by

James Stout

to highlight the main antinatalist arguments against bringing new life into the world.

It Could Happen Here Weekly 212

Mentioned as a prominent book by South African philosopher David Benatar, laying out the main antinatalist arguments.

It Could Happen Here Weekly 212

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