Man has "a mind that soars out to speculate about atoms and infinity, who can place himself imaginatively at a point in space and contemplate bemusedly his own planet. This immense expansion, this dexterity, this ethereality, this self-consciousness gives to man literally the status of a small god in nature...Yet, at the same time... man is a worm and food for worms" - Ernest Becker Learn More: Flight From Death www.hulu.com/watch/173530 Watch full documentary here. Terror Management Theory www.ernestbecker.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=237&Itemid=86 What is TMT ? Ernest Becker en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Becker Ernest Becker (September 27, 1924 - March 6, 1974) was a Jewish-American cultural anthropologist and writer. He is noted for his 1974 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Denial of Death. ___________________________ Join Jason Silva every week as he freestyles his way into the complex systems of society, technology and human existence and discusses the truth and beauty of science in a form of existential jazz. New episodes every Tuesday. Watch More Shots of Awe on TestTube testtube.com/shotsofawe Subscribe now! www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=shotsofawe Jason Silva on Twitter twitter.com/jasonsilva Jason Silva on Facebook facebook.com/jasonlsilva Jason Silva on Google+ plus.google.com/102906645951658302785

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