Tristan Harris

I think reliving a beautiful day with my mother before she died would probably be one.

No, she passed in 2018 from cancer.

And what immediately came to mind when you said that was just the people in my life who I love so much and just reliving the most beautiful moments with them.

I think I just, even before that, but more so even after she passed, I just really care about protecting the things that ultimately matter.

Like there's just so many distractions.

There's money, there's status.

I don't care about any of those things.

I just want the things that matter the most on your deathbed.

I've had for a while in my life, deathbed values.

Like if I was going to die tomorrow,

what would be most important to me and have every day my choices informed by that.

I think living your life as if you're going to die.

I mean, Steve Jobs said this in his graduation speech.

I took an existential philosophy course at Stanford.

It's one of my favorite courses ever.

And I think that Carpe Diem, like living truly as if you might die, that today would be a good day to die.

And to stand up as fully as you would, like what would you do if you were going to die?

Not tomorrow, but like soon.

Like what would actually be important to you?

I mean, for me, it's like protecting the things that are the most sacred.