Rule 12: Pet a Cat when you Encounter One on the Street (12 Rules For Life)

Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street. People cooperate in groups to gain security, safety, and company. And competition within the group promotes personal growth and status. The size of the group matters, though. If a group is too small – it has no power or prestige. And if it’s too large, … Read more

Maps Of Meaning 11 Notes

My Notes For Maps Of Meaning (2017) – Jordan Peterson   If you are interested in reading books about unmasking human nature, consider reading The Dichotomy of the Self, a book that explores the great psychoanalytic and philosophical ideas of our time, and what they can reveal to us about the nature of the self.

Rule 11: Do Not Bother Children When They are Skateboarding (12 Rules For Life)

The Risk of Skateboarding When children are taking risks, such as skateboarding, should you stop them? The intuitive answer is to protect your child from any activity that is considered dangerous, including skateboarding. But denying your child from taking risks is more dangerous. Children take risks because they want to be competent – it is … Read more

Maps of Meaning 10 Notes

My Notes For Maps Of Meaning (2017) – Jordan Peterson In this lecture, Peterson explores the archetypal similarities across the Ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Christian and Buddhist myths. Belief Systems You have a mode of being – this is how you operate in the world. When other people accept your mode of being, your emotions are … Read more

Rule 9: Assume that the Person You Are Listening to Might Know Something You Don’t(12 RFL)

Peterson recalls an encounter with a client who claimed to be raped five times.  She was confused and traumatized, but something was deeply wrong with the way she operated in the world. Of course, there are many legitimate reasons (such as undesirable familial circumstances) that would have confirmed her role as victim. Had Peterson only … Read more

Jordan Peterson vs Susan Blackmore – Do we need God to make sense of life?

Do we need God to make sense of life? Jordan Peterson and Susan Blackmore debated whether God was necessary for meaning to exist. They first discuss the nature of memes and archetypes. Susan Blackmore subscribes to Dawkins’ idea of memes as being separate from genes in that they are not biological, but that they are … Read more

Maps of Meaning 9 Notes

My Notes For Maps Of Meaning (2017) – Jordan Peterson Patterns of Symbolic Representation In this lecture, Peterson explores the nature of the unknown through mythological symbolism, and explains why the unknown is necessary. The Antidote to Nihilism It’s not enough to just be lawyer or plumber, you need to ground yourself in something greater … Read more

Maps of Meaning 8 Notes

My Notes For Maps Of Meaning (2017) – Jordan Peterson Neuropsychology of Symbolic Representation Jordan Peterson’s eighth Maps of Meaning (2017) lectures discusses the neuropsychology of symbolic representation (how our brain’s right and left hemispheres process the known and unknown differently), and the story of Mesopotamian myth of Marduk. Categories What are most real categories? … Read more