Be Necessary with war journalist Sebastian Junger

2024/5/21

A Bit of Optimism

Sebastian Junger

塞巴斯蒂安·容格讲述了他经历腹主动脉瘤破裂的濒死体验，以及这次经历带给他的关于生命脆弱性和人生意义的深刻思考。他描述了在濒死过程中，他看到了已故的父亲，并被拉向一个黑暗的深渊，这让他感到恐惧，也让他意识到自己正在死去。这次经历让他对生命的脆弱性有了更深刻的认识，这比他之前在战场上经历的风险更让他感到震撼。他认为，意识到生命的脆弱性，才能珍惜生命，善待自己，并学会欣赏当下。他还讲述了陀思妥耶夫斯基在面临死刑时顿悟的故事，以此说明珍惜生命的重要性。他认为，每个人都应该像陀思妥耶夫斯基那样，珍惜生命中的每一个瞬间，并专注于当下。他将濒死体验视为最终的“前线”，并试图从中学习，以帮助他人应对恐惧，过上有尊严、勇敢的生活。他写书是为了解释他的濒死体验，并将其视为神圣的经历。他认为，现代社会过度强调个人主义，导致人们感到孤独和缺乏目标感。他认为，人生的目标感在于对他人生存的必要性，而不是对公司的必要性。真正的意义在于对他人生存的必要性，而不是对财富的追求。他认为，伟大的荣誉来自于对他人生存的必要性。

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Sebastian Junger discusses his near-death experience with an aneurysm, his feelings during the event, and how it changed his perspective on life and death.

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War reporters risk their lives to document conflict. And yet, after a career living on battlefields, Sebastian Junger's closest brush with death was surviving an aneurysm.

Sebastian's story of his sudden internal hemorrhage and making sense of what he saw while dying is the subject of his new book In My Time of Dying. As someone who usually writes as an outside observer, it's an atypical and personal exploration of death.I was privileged to speak with Sebastian about the fragility of life and why being necessary to others is one of our highest needs of all. This...is A Bit of Optimism.To learn more about Sebastian and his work, check out:sebastianjunger.com)his book, In My Time of Dying)

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Be Necessary with war journalist Sebastian Junger