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Stephen Cave: The 4 stories we tell ourselves about death

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Philosopher Stephen Cave begins with a dark but compelling question: When did you first realize you were going to die? And even more interestingly: Why do we humans so often resist the inevitability of death? In a fascinating talk Cave explores four narratives -- common across civilizations -- that we tell ourselves "in order to help us manage the terror of death."

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TEDTalks, TED, Talks, culture, death, history, humanity, philosophy, TEDxBratislava, 2013

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