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#227 – Sean Kelly: Existentialism, Nihilism, and the Search for Meaning

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Is There Humor in Existentialism?

There's an existentialist kind of ideal pervading most of his work. But with Siddhartha there's more, almost like a Buddhist, sort of like watch the river and like become the river. For him, I'm starting to forget, step in wolf, I think, is humor. Humor is a fundamental part of the existentialist ethic that's able to deal with absurdity. You got to like laugh at it.

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