Sophie's Choice
A book mentioned by Eric Weinstein illustrating the 'evilness' of being forced into choices where items on the 'smorgasbord' are all terrible, particularly when involving one's children.
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Videos Mentioning Sophie's Choice
Michael Malice: Totalitarianism and Anarchy | Lex Fridman Podcast #200
Lex Fridman
A novel and film depicting an impossible moral dilemma, used as an analogy for the difficult choices faced by people during wartime.
Lisa Feldman Barrett: How the Brain Creates Emotions | MIT Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
Lex Fridman
A film clip from this movie, depicting a woman forced to choose which child dies in a concentration camp, is used as an example of an emotionally evocative scene.
Prof. Agnes Callard on The Portal, Ep. #023 - Courage, Meta-cognitive Detachment and Their Limits
Eric Weinstein
A book mentioned by Eric Weinstein illustrating the 'evilness' of being forced into choices where items on the 'smorgasbord' are all terrible, particularly when involving one's children.