Why death is not an event of the future | Lex Fridman and Dr. John Vervaeke

[Poodleballin]

“Lots of little deaths”…pretty much describes the average work day for me

[FindingTheNarrative]

I think of John as almost an infinite player in a finite realm. He carries wisdom with his words and is always a vessel for insight.

[ankrah-twumasisebastian]

Your explanations are just beautiful ❤️

[jamesharkins]

I've been dying since I was born and no one cares about my personal narrative, not even me😂

[ahobimo]

Existence is basically a nightmare, but it still beats the alternatives.

[pabloandres]

We are part of the universe and some of us do care . So the universe does care.

[Squashmalio]

This is why fear of death is essentially the same thing as fear of life. Fate can be scary, and some people are so scared that they make their lives as small and meaningless as possible, just so that death has less to take from them

[FLDragon]

Don Hoffmans theory of conscious agents has my full attention at the moment.

[peacesound]

When you have developed a significant degree of individuality that truck will almost hit you. This actually happened to me, when I cleared a major event in my life, I reveled in the outcome, as I did so at eight in the morning on a Sunday, a blur went in front of me, I felt the wind of it, and it was a pink Cadillac running through a red light at over sixty an hour...

[handyalley]

It depends. His talking about the material universe which is partially a mental conception. But not all that exists. But he has a point.

[annshirley]

I went to pharmacy to get my last signature from my externship and exactly at the front of pharmacy, a truck hit me and I had planned to go to a trip and looking for job and my plans completely changed . Don’t worry I am fine cos I don’t have car and I have to run and walk and take bus and it makes me strong 💪🏼

[KimRobertson]

Hmmm. Are you talking about cause and effect when you talk of fate? I can't seem to resolve that with your use of "Universe" somehow being an actor, an entity that somehow chooses to roll over people's plans. What do you mean by fate?

[walktheplankc]

This is not correct. That's the start of that film with depp and hopkins. He seems a bit off with this statement. Fate? What year are we in? 1990?

[ghun]

I realize the randomness of fate cause me the utmost despair and freedom at the same time

[MarinTvarog]

Yes it does care, cause you are the aperature through wich universe observes itself.

[jgarciajr]

This guy's way better than Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris put together ❤🤯🙌🙏

[Purwapada]

The universe "cares" about me through the agency of my actualization of it.
As for death - there is neither death, nor non death

[kevinn]

The universe cares about pre birth planning or our soul contract. The only plans it rolls over is if they're off the planning grid. We also pick our own time of death, so if a truck hits me I probably chose it.

[ejenkins]

Thats why mithras went underground,
In the beginning out the end
Shocking what happened when abraxas sailed.
I wondered why GCAT-TACG
🦍💚⌚

[richardventus]

YES - follow the Guidelines of Problacism and be relentless.