Rule 12: Pet a Cat when you Encounter One on the Street (12 Rules For Life)
Rule 12 – 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...
View ArticleThe Difference Between Intelligence and Wisdom
What is the Difference Between Intelligence and Wisdom? One of the great equalizers of life is: intelligence does not necessarily beget wisdom. In fact, the two are often incompatible, much to the...
View ArticleMaps of Meaning 1 Notes
My Notes For Maps Of Meaning 1 (2017) – Jordan Peterson Maps of Meaning 1 (Order vs Chaos) In my Maps of Meaning 1 notes, I summarize the introduction to Peterson’s lectures by following his arguments...
View ArticleMaps of Meaning 12 Notes
My Notes For Maps Of Meaning (2017) – Jordan Peterson The Essential Problem Peterson starts the final lecture by reminding us of the essential problem that he has the laid out in the beginning of his...
View ArticleThe Jordan Peterson vs Sam Harris Debate – Vancouver (Part 1)
Jordan Peterson vs Sam Harris – Vancouver (Part 1) Jordan Peterson first debated Sam Harris on a podcast when the two disagreed about the definition of “truth”. Despite their differences, they many...
View ArticleThe Problem with Sam Harris’ Cookbook Example
The Cookbook Example Ricky Gervais once appeared on Stephan Colbert’s show and had a casual debate about the existence of God. Colbert (a Catholic) asks Gervais (an atheist) how something could come...
View Article12 Rules for Life Summary
12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson is a great book. Peterson succeeds in creating a deceptively simple summary of what he has learned from life. Through a rich interplay of philosophical, historical,...
View ArticleThe Jordan Peterson vs Matt Dillahunty Debate
Strawmanning When Jordan Peterson debated Matt Dillahunty, what unfolded was a fascinating discussion about morality. Peterson didn’t seem very calm during this debate as he usually does, in fact, he...
View ArticleThe Story of Hitman Hart
In one of his lectures, Jordan Peterson was asked a question about whether morality was merely a matter of who was more powerful. He replied by telling the story of Bret “The Hitman” Heart and...
View ArticlePeterson’s Logos Argument, or why Atheists aren’t Atheists
Many months ago, “logos” was re-popularized by Jordan Peterson, who has used it as a weapon against atheists. To Peterson, “logos” proves that atheists only think they are atheists – they are just...
View ArticleUnderstanding The Jordan Peterson vs Sam Harris Debates
Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson have engaged in a series of debates that included Bret Weinstein and Douglas Murray as moderators, in addition to two podcasts. One in which they famously debated the...
View ArticleLesson 1: Deadwood – Let it burn
To be proud of your insufficiencies is arrogant and foolish. Peterson recalls a conversation he had with a student who was a bad writer, in which the student asserts that she is not actually a bad...
View ArticleLesson 2: Order and Chaos
The Ying-Yang symbol has its roots in Taoism. If you look at the symbol, you will notice that the white half has a black circle inside of it, and the black half has a white circle inside of it. The...
View ArticleLesson 3: Don’t be Naive
The Courage to Trust Others Don’t trust others because you’re naïve, trust them because you’re courageous. You should expect them to have the capacity to hurt you, but you should be willing to take a...
View ArticleLesson 4: Intelligence is Not Necessarily Wisdom
To know that there is a clear difference between intelligence and wisdom, one must simply ask themselves if one can exist without the other. Can you be intelligent without being wise? Can you be wise...
View ArticleLesson 5: You Don’t Lose Fear, You Become more Courageous
A Dialogue You will never question, unless you are terribly honest, the real reasons why you are avoiding something. But assuming you are someone who is that honest, and there is something that you...
View ArticleDon’t Try (Week 37 of Wisdom)
Unearned Wisdom Don’t Try (Week 37 of Wisdom) Charles Bukowski, today known as a celebrated author, found success in his fifties. In his twenties, he wrote hundreds of short stories. Two of these were...
View ArticleThe 7 Lessons of Jordan Peterson
Unearned Wisdom The 7 Lessons of Jordan Peterson Lesson 1: Deadwood Lesson 2: Order and Chaos Lesson 3: Don’t be Naive Lesson 4: Intelligence is not Necessarily Wisdom Lesson 5: You Don’t Lose Fear,...
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Unearned Wisdom Personality 1 To know yourself and to know others is useful because you will be better able to conduct yourself in the world. Without error, you don’t learn. But to learn, you have to...
View ArticleHow to Read Jordan Peterson?
Unearned Wisdom How to Read Jordan Peterson? The phenomenon of Jordan Peterson is a historical accident. As a relatively obscure psychologist from Alberta, Canada, who made a small number of public...
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