We’re just f*king monkeys in shoes
Understanding humanity in culture through the lens of evolutionary and terror management theories.
Table of Contents
01 - Why 02 - The Beauty in Understanding 03 - Nuance 04 - The Theory of Relativity 05 - The Immortal Replicator 06 - Immortality Projects 101 07 - The Biological Project 09 - The Creative Project 08
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Table of Contents
01 - Why 02 - The Beauty in Understanding 03 - Nuance 04 - The Theory of Relativity 05 - The Immortal Replicator 06 - Immortality Projects 101 07 - The Biological Project 09 - The Creative Project 08
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12 - Experiential Transcendence
“The fifth mode of symbolized immortality, that of experiential transcendence, is of a different order from the others. It depends entirely on a psychic state - one so intense and all-encompassing t
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10 - The Community Project
The Community Project is likely the least abstract and second most popular of the Immortality Projects. The project encompasses religion, politics, nationalism, sports teams, etc. These are causes/sy
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09 - The Creative Project
“The third mode of symbolic immortality is the creative - whether through great works of art, literature, or science, or through more humble influences on people around us. The artist has long been
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07 - The Biological Project
“The biological mode of immortality is epitomized by family continuity, living on through - psychologically speaking, in-one’s sons and daughters and their sons and daughters, with imagery of an end
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11 - The Natural Project
“The fourth mode of symbolic immortality is that associated with nature itself: the perception that the natural environment around us, limitless in space and time, will remain.” - Robert Jay Lifton,
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Table of Contents
01 - Why 02 - The Beauty in Understanding 03 - Nuance 04 - The Theory of Relativity 05 - The Immortal Replicator 06 - Immortality Projects 101 07 - The Biological Project 09 - The Creative Project 08
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