discussion notes
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Covering anything Peterson, now that we finished the maps of meaning series
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What does Peterson consider god? What is god?
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Quotes
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Lecture 07 1:08:00 “God is the spirit of civilisation”
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Lecture 11 09:30 “God is the spirit of the great father, is the conceptualisation of what one bargains with with for rewards in their game”
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Lecture 8 1:43:00 “The gods of abstractions compete in the manifestations of the tribes”
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Lecture 8 1:57:00 “The first god of theirs (marduk) had the power of words”
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Musings
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Religion/feminism/marxism/nihilism/peterson all have different conceptualisations of what is the spirit of civilisation, and how to play the game of responsibility
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Abrahamic religions
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Feminism - feminine vs the patriarchy - your shortcomings are the patriarchy’s fault
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Marxism - the proletariat vs the bourgeoise - your shortcomings are capitalism’s fault
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Peterson - your shortcomings are your fault, start with addressing them
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Responsibility
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Accepting responsibility for everything is overwhelming
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Accepting responsibility for nothing is hedonistic
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Not playing the game of responsibility is nihilistic
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Peterson: Play the game of responsibility for things you can reasonably impact, start with yourself and work from there
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Groupthink
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As religions became harder to believe in, people moved their delegation of responsibility to other forms of groupthink
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Must take ownership of our own responsibility
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Personalities
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Do cultures/ethnicities have different personalities that impact god belief, or groupthink?
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High openness, and low agreeableness - seem to be lack of susceptibility to these (challenges ideas and doesn’t do anything they don’t consider valid)
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Low openness and high agreeableness - seems to be the susceptibility to delegate agency to appease peers (doesn’t challenge ideas, respects people too much)
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Afterlife
- Some musings on that that I can’t remember
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Disciplining Children / Authority / Sociopaths / Guilt / Shame
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