April 13, 2023 | Steve Cave: The 4 stories we tell ourselves about death (15:20)

Cave, a philosopher, discusses our primal denial of death (an insight credited to Terror Management Theory). He then reviews the four stories that appear across time and culture that we use to cope with death: elixir/fountain of youth; resurrection; eternal soul; and legacy. And he finally asks whether and how we can break free of the need to deny death.