Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

You have to live within a hierarchy of value.

There's no way out of that.

And once you know that, and we know that, and we know that factually,

We know that incontrovertibly, once you know that you live within a structure of value, two questions might arise.

How is that structure of value to be characterized?

And what should be valued?

So to answer the first question, a description of a hierarchy of value is a story.

That's why we're so interested in stories.

We want to see how other people see the world.

We want to have them help us solve the problem of what to attend to.

Here's a scientific justification for that claim.

Your eyes evolved so that other people can easily see where you're pointing them.

That's why you have whites.

When you look at someone, when you talk to them, you look at their eyes.

You look at their face, but mostly their eyes.

And the reason you look at their eyes is so that you can see where they're pointing their eyes.

Because if you can see where they're pointing their eyes, you can figure out what they're aiming at.

And if you can figure out what they're aiming at, you can figure out what they're up to.

And if you can figure out what they're up to, you can use your body to mimic their responses emotionally, and that's how you understand them.

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