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The Dissenter · 2026-05-11 · 58 min · 8,795 words

#1252 David Benatar - The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

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Hello everyone, welcome to a new episode of The Decenter. I'm your host as always, Ricardo Lopes, and today I'm joined for a fifth time by Dr. David Banatar. He is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cape Town. And today we're going to talk about his book.

The human predicament, a candid guide to life's biggest question. So Dr. Benatar, welcome back to the show. It's always a big pleasure to talk with you. Thank you very much.

Nice to be back. I can't believe it's the first time. Yes, it is. The first one was almost seven years ago. Wow.

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