I'm currently finishing it and it's indeed a great book. More people should be aware of the fact that both society and culture are consequence of the fear of the death, and how acknowledging this fact can free us from many undesired consequences of this fact.
The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker http://j.mp/2FMWshS , a book from my great books listhttp://j.mp/2EU4eXT
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I was going to wait until Trump recommended it but maybe I’ll try it now.
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I'm still waiting for science and reason to validate my belief that humans don't ever really, really die. Religion made things far more simple.
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Thank you kindly good sir (:
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Let’s discuss
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Dr. Peterson, I would really like to hear more about your opinion on the book. Becker seems to claim in his book that people wants to be heroic in denial of death,
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while you seem to claim, through the story of 'Peter Pan,' that people refuse to turn their potential to something meaningful (thus far from being heroic, as I understood) in denial of death.
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