Very excited to finish reading this. I just rewatched the trilogy a couple weeks ago and had so many of the same feelings. They were my favorite films for years but I was affected at a much deeper level this time—the level of myth. I am reading the books now for the first time.
Have you guys come across Immediate-return vs Delayed-return society theory by Dr Leonard Martin? If he's right, Becker's ideas only apply to people who have a delayed return on effort: immediate-return hunter-gatherer peoples and people in flow states have no fear of immortality, or concerns about life's meaning. Fear of death is a pathological response to not living as we have evolved to, as are all the other stories we tell ourselves.
Episode 6 of Peter Bauer's podcast on rewilding is informative.
Very excited to finish reading this. I just rewatched the trilogy a couple weeks ago and had so many of the same feelings. They were my favorite films for years but I was affected at a much deeper level this time—the level of myth. I am reading the books now for the first time.
Rewatching Lord of the Rings tonight
Have you guys come across Immediate-return vs Delayed-return society theory by Dr Leonard Martin? If he's right, Becker's ideas only apply to people who have a delayed return on effort: immediate-return hunter-gatherer peoples and people in flow states have no fear of immortality, or concerns about life's meaning. Fear of death is a pathological response to not living as we have evolved to, as are all the other stories we tell ourselves.
Episode 6 of Peter Bauer's podcast on rewilding is informative.
Looking forward to the next essays.