Sheldon Solomon is a social psychologist best known for developing terror management theory concerned with how humans deal with their own sense of mortality. Shaldon's book "The Worm at the Core" is based on 25 years of in-depth research, drawing from innovative experiments conducted around the globe that shows conclusively that the fear of death and the desire to transcend it inspire us to buy expensive cars, crave fame, put our health at risk, and disguise our animal nature.

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OUTLINE
0:00 - The #1 driver behind human consciousness
6:49 - Human cognition & awareness of death
23:17 - Death experiments on humans
28:30 - What happens when children learn about death
35:35 - Jordan Peterson
50:23 - Equality of opportunity VS equality of outcome
1:02:03 - John Locke, government, & giving up freedom
1:12:37 - American values & individualism
1:21:55 - How existential dread relates to politics
1:45:43 - Civilization collapse
2:04:32 - Climate change
2:09:52 - Artificial intelligence & immortality
2:16:09 - UFOs & schizophrenia
2:23:18 - Psychedelics
2:35:55 - What happens after we die?