What I Learnt from Jordan Peterson
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I hadn’t heard of Jordan Peterson in December, but the second I watched his videos online I was hooked.Hook, line and sinker.I ordered his new book and devoured it over a weekend, all 370 pages. I even read it to my kids.Here’s what I learnt.Hierarchies Exist — Get On Top:Given the world we live in, it’s easy to point the finger at capitalism (or something else) for creating rich and poor, have and have-nots.It turns out that social hierarchies have been around since pretty much the beginning of complex #life. We didn’t invent it.Social hierarchy and social structure is a million years old. Our brains are built on it, even the lobsters are.In a world full of hierarchies we can use ‘signaling’ to our advantage.Signal that you are ‘high status’ and you will be treated as such.Signal that you are ‘low (...)
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