Death and Terror Management Theory with Sheldon Solomon
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The Birth and Death of Meaning
i had, i think, a minor existential crisis that i was able to bury psychologically for a couple of decades. But then fast forward o you know, 15, 20 years ive, finished my ph d in psychology and and i got a job at skidmore. And it was in his first week as a professor I stumbled by accident, onto the books of ernest backer. In the first paragraph, becker says, i want to understand why people do what they do when they do it. You're something like that. Me too. Now i chease.
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