Episode 15 – Jordan Peterson Part 2

April 15, 2022 jcox 00:34:19 0 Comments

Controversy

In 2016, Peterson released a series of YouTube videos criticizing the Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (Bill C-16), passed by the Parliament of Canada to introduce “gender identity and expression” as prohibited grounds for discrimination.

Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life

“Do not carelessly denigrate social institutions or creative achievement.”
“Imagine who you could be and then aim single-mindedly at that.”
“Do not hide unwanted things in the fog.”
“Notice that opportunity lurks where responsibility has been abdicated.”
“Do not do what you hate.”
“Abandon ideology.”
“Work as hard as you possibly can on at least one thing and see what happens.”
“Try to make one room in your home as beautiful as possible.”
“If old memories still upset you, write them down carefully and completely.”
“Plan and work diligently to maintain the romance in your relationship.”
“Do not allow yourself to become resentful, deceitful, or arrogant.”
“Be grateful in spite of your suffering.”

Meaningwave

Akira the Don

Self-authoring suite

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Episode 14 – Jordan Peterson

April 4, 2022 jcox 00:21:07 0 Comments

“Don’t practice things you don’t want to be good at.”

Controversy

12 Rules for Life

“Stand up straight with your shoulders back.”
“Treat yourself like you are someone you are responsible for helping.”
“Make friends with people who want the best for you.”
“Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.”
“Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them.”
“Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world.”
“Pursue what is meaningful (not what is expedient).”
“Tell the truth – or, at least, don’t lie.”
“Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t.”
“Be precise in your speech.”
“Do not bother children when they are skate-boarding.”
“Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.”

Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life

“Do not carelessly denigrate social institutions or creative achievement.”
“Imagine who you could be and then aim single-mindedly at that.”
“Do not hide unwanted things in the fog.”
“Notice that opportunity lurks where responsibility has been abdicated.”
“Do not do what you hate.”
“Abandon ideology.”
“Work as hard as you possibly can on at least one thing and see what happens.”
“Try to make one room in your home as beautiful as possible.”
“If old memories still upset you, write them down carefully and completely.”
“Plan and work diligently to maintain the romance in your relationship.”
“Do not allow yourself to become resentful, deceitful, or arrogant.”
“Be grateful in spite of your suffering.”

Meaningwave

Akira the Don

Self-authoring suite

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Episode 13 – Fictional mantras

February 14, 2022 jcox 00:32:51 0 Comments

Media

The Matrix Trilogy
Altered Carbon
Dune
Ducktales
Fight Club
The Edge

The Matrix Trilogy

Choice. The problem is choice
You have to let it all go, Neo – fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind!
Neo, sooner or later you’re going to realize just as I did that there’s a difference between knowing the path and walking the path”
…you have been done there. You know that road. You know exactly where it ends. And i know that’s not where you want to be.

Altered Carbon

Get to the next screen
The human eye is a wonderful device. With a little effort, it can fail to see even the most glaring injustice
Reality is so flexible these days, it’s hard to tell who’s disconnected from it and who isn’t. You might even say it’s a pointless distinction.”

Dune