Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

So I devolve into a set of whims and I have to impose those whims on other people using power because they're not going to cooperate voluntarily if it's all about me. Now, to the degree that I establish a voluntarily chosen and reciprocal community around me, then I'm sacrificing my narrow aims to that higher end. Obviously, right?

I mean, it seems to me that once you understand these things, this is another thing that's very strange, is once you understand these things, they attain the much vaunted status of self-evident. We'll see what people think. I ran it by Jonathan Paggio, and he's terrified with regards to some of the things that I said theologically, and so I'm sure I misstepped in various places, but

I mean, it seems to me that once you understand these things, this is another thing that's very strange, is once you understand these things, they attain the much vaunted status of self-evident. We'll see what people think. I ran it by Jonathan Paggio, and he's terrified with regards to some of the things that I said theologically, and so I'm sure I misstepped in various places, but

I mean, it seems to me that once you understand these things, this is another thing that's very strange, is once you understand these things, they attain the much vaunted status of self-evident. We'll see what people think. I ran it by Jonathan Paggio, and he's terrified with regards to some of the things that I said theologically, and so I'm sure I misstepped in various places, but

Yeah, well, and you might say, well, what's wrong with that? Why can't I pursue my own ends? And There's a variety of answers to that. The first answer is, what do you mean by your ends? Because actually what you're really proposing is that your immediate fragmented whims become the ruler of the world, right? Because the my you're referring to is what you want now.

Yeah, well, and you might say, well, what's wrong with that? Why can't I pursue my own ends? And There's a variety of answers to that. The first answer is, what do you mean by your ends? Because actually what you're really proposing is that your immediate fragmented whims become the ruler of the world, right? Because the my you're referring to is what you want now.

Yeah, well, and you might say, well, what's wrong with that? Why can't I pursue my own ends? And There's a variety of answers to that. The first answer is, what do you mean by your ends? Because actually what you're really proposing is that your immediate fragmented whims become the ruler of the world, right? Because the my you're referring to is what you want now.

And it's sort of what you want now, regardless of the consequences for your future self or for other people. I mean, the whole issue of what I want begs the question of what is meant by I. What is this sovereign, self-evident I that in principle is... what would you say, is the highest possible source of value? Well, that's by no means obvious.

And it's sort of what you want now, regardless of the consequences for your future self or for other people. I mean, the whole issue of what I want begs the question of what is meant by I. What is this sovereign, self-evident I that in principle is... what would you say, is the highest possible source of value? Well, that's by no means obvious.

And it's sort of what you want now, regardless of the consequences for your future self or for other people. I mean, the whole issue of what I want begs the question of what is meant by I. What is this sovereign, self-evident I that in principle is... what would you say, is the highest possible source of value? Well, that's by no means obvious.

You know, we're an internal war of competing motivations, and each of those motivations can emerge as dominant at any moment. That's what you see in the behavior of two-year-olds, for example. And to say that each emergent whim should be triumphant is to doom yourself to the same fate that a two-year-old who never grew up would be doomed to. So what

You know, we're an internal war of competing motivations, and each of those motivations can emerge as dominant at any moment. That's what you see in the behavior of two-year-olds, for example. And to say that each emergent whim should be triumphant is to doom yourself to the same fate that a two-year-old who never grew up would be doomed to. So what

You know, we're an internal war of competing motivations, and each of those motivations can emerge as dominant at any moment. That's what you see in the behavior of two-year-olds, for example. And to say that each emergent whim should be triumphant is to doom yourself to the same fate that a two-year-old who never grew up would be doomed to. So what

The simplest explanation for why your own desire can't be paramount is that that isn't a playable game. Everyone will run away from you. You will end up isolated and alone. And a society that facilitates that will become corrupt and unmanageable overnight. And I just don't see any way out of that. I mean, one of the things I've really come to understand, Ben, is that I think is that

The simplest explanation for why your own desire can't be paramount is that that isn't a playable game. Everyone will run away from you. You will end up isolated and alone. And a society that facilitates that will become corrupt and unmanageable overnight. And I just don't see any way out of that. I mean, one of the things I've really come to understand, Ben, is that I think is that

The simplest explanation for why your own desire can't be paramount is that that isn't a playable game. Everyone will run away from you. You will end up isolated and alone. And a society that facilitates that will become corrupt and unmanageable overnight. And I just don't see any way out of that. I mean, one of the things I've really come to understand, Ben, is that I think is that

I hate to get political, and I'll try to avoid that as much as possible, but I think part of the reason that a radical progressivism is eternal is because there's no difference between rule by whim and power and immaturity from a psychophysiological perspective. They're the same thing. And so any immaturity is going to find its political expression.

I hate to get political, and I'll try to avoid that as much as possible, but I think part of the reason that a radical progressivism is eternal is because there's no difference between rule by whim and power and immaturity from a psychophysiological perspective. They're the same thing. And so any immaturity is going to find its political expression.

I hate to get political, and I'll try to avoid that as much as possible, but I think part of the reason that a radical progressivism is eternal is because there's no difference between rule by whim and power and immaturity from a psychophysiological perspective. They're the same thing. And so any immaturity is going to find its political expression.

I mean, in many ways, that's what you see in the story of Exodus with the worship of the golden calf, right? What happens when...