Jordan Peterson Flashcards

1
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Self consciousness

A

Understanding our innate ability to do evil

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2
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Contemptuousness for humanity

A

Stems from the ability to do evil - because we’re self aware

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3
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Stories

A

Encoding our beliefs, observations and emotions of our own drama, telling them further

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4
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Dealing with children/subordinates

A

Limit the rules but impose them
Use minimum necessary force
Understand your capacity to be harsh, vengeful, arrogant, resentful, angry and deceitful

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5
Q

Counterbalance your being

A

Tragic irrationality of life is counterbalanced by an equally irrational commitment to the essential goodness of Being. Be willfully naive in this regard

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