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Jordan Jonas: belief

21 Jul 2024 Lex Fridman Podcast #437 – Jordan Jonas: Survival, Hunting, Siberia, God, and Winning Alone Season 6

“I mean I think mentally it would have to be… Well, we talked about that earlier I guess.”

— Jordan Jonas

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Speaker
Jordan Jonas
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
21 Jul 2024
Publisher
Lex Fridman Podcast

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…What do you think it would take to break you, let’s say mentally? If you’re in a survival situation. I mean I think mentally it would have to be… Well, we talked about that earlier I guess. The thing that I’ve confronted that I thought I knew was that if I knew I was the last person on earth, I wouldn’t do it. But maybe you’re right. Maybe I would think I wasn’t. But I think I can’t imagine. We’re so blessed in the time we live, but I can’t imagine what it’s like to lose your kids, something like that. It was an experience that was so common for humanity for so much of history. Would I be able to endure that? I would have at least a legacy to look back on of people who did, but god forbid I ever have to delve that deep. You know what I mean? I could see that breaking somebody. In your own family history, there’s people who have survived that, and maybe that would give you hope.…

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