We Believe Each Other into Being Jennifer Michael Hecht

“Imagine yourself alone on this planet. Would anything be the same?” Jennifer Michael Hecht is a poet, philosopher, and historian who wants to change the way we talk to ourselves and each other about suicide and staying alive — starting with her insistence that we believe each other into being. “Sometimes when you can’t see what’s important about you, other people can.” Jennifer Michael Hecht is the author of Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It , Doubt: A History , and Who Said . Producer’s Note: Given the focus of Jennifer Michael Hecht’s work, this episode briefly touches on the topic of suicide. Find the transcript at onbeing.org .

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We Believe Each Other into Being Jennifer Michael Hecht is an episode from Becoming Wise by On Being Studios.

This episode is 00:04:24 long.

This episode was published on Apr 1, 2019.

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