#240 - Sheldon Solomon - Does The Fear Of Death Drive Everything We Do?

Published: Nov. 2, 2020, 6:30 a.m.

Sheldon Solomon is a social psychologist at Skidmore College and an author.\nHumans are a unique animal in that we are aware of our own mortality. One day we will die, and we know it. This fact has a huge impact on how we live our lives, perhaps it's the most important fact we know.\nExpect to learn how Sheldon's experiments have proven that death anxiety is a crucial driver of behaviour, why we can hate somebody for the shape of their nose, how death anxiety causes people to be tribal, what would happen if a child grew up without any human contact and much more...\nSponsor:\nGet a 21 Day Free Trial to a supercharged calendar at https://woven.com/podcast/wisdom (discount automatically applied)\nExtra Stuff:\nBuy The Worm At The Core - https://amzn.to/31VQtRn\xa0\nGet my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity \u2192 https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/\nTo support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom\n-\nGet in touch.\xa0Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...\nInstagram:\xa0https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx\nTwitter:\xa0https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx\nYouTube:\xa0https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast\nEmail: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices