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

<p>Sheldon Solomon is a social psychologist at Skidmore College and an author.</p> <p>Humans 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.</p> <p>Expect 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...</p> <p><strong>Sponsor:</strong></p> <p class="p1">Get a 21 Day Free Trial to a supercharged calendar at <a href="https://woven.com/podcast/wisdom"><span class= "s1">https://woven.com/podcast/wisdom</span></a> (discount automatically applied)</p> <p class="p1"><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Extra Stuff:</strong></p> <p>Buy The Worm At The Core - <a href= "https://amzn.to/31VQtRn">https://amzn.to/31VQtRn</a> </p> <p><a href="https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/">Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity →</a> <a href= "https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/">https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/</a></p> <p>To support me on Patreon (thank you): <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom</span></a></p> <p class="p1">-</p> <p class="p1"><strong>Get in touch. </strong>Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast">MW YouTube Channel</a> or message me...</p> <p class="p1">Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx">https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx</a></p> <p class="p1">Twitter: <a href= "https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx">https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx</a></p> <p class="p1">YouTube: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdo