Denial of Death

This book by Ernest Becker was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Lex Fridman. The people who vouched for it on air: Lex Fridman. It comes up in conversations about relationships, trauma & ptsd. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

• “when i read ernest becker that i highly recommend people read is the first time i this scene it felt like this is the right thing at the core”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “ernest becker that i highly recommend people read”
  Lex Fridman · Lex Fridman Podcast · Sep 202001:00:32

  Said during "Eugenia Kuyda: Friendship with an AI Companion | Lex Fridman Podcast #121". The episode features Eugenia Kuyda: Co-founder and CEO of Replika, an app that lets users build a chatbot AI friend that connects emotionally. A former Russian investigative journalist who created the first version of the tech to memorialize a close friend who died. Replika founder Eugenia Kuyda on loneliness, losing her best friend, and building an AI companion born from grief.