John Vervaeke and Jordan Hall with Jordan B Peterson | EP 532
A Dialogue So Dangerous, It Just Might Bring You Wisdom
| Chapters |
(0:00) Coming up
(0:54) Intro
(4:30) The vertical dimension
(9:35) Defining what is “worthwhile” in a hierarchy of values
(13:10) Origin, orientation, and ostension
(21:50) The superordinate figure and his antithesis
(24:58) Conscience is knowing yourself through a normative lens
(31:58) A parallel notion of Hall’s constructural framework: wolf packs
(33:02) Macro rules and micro rules: the normative versus the ethical
(35:30) How to lead an ethical but pointless life — and how to live better
(39:56) A marker for deeper “realness” is inexhaustible intelligibility
(43:36) Play as a motivational state or voluntary necessity, Tolstoy’s existential dread
(48:30) Plato’s central argument: finite transcendence
(52:20) The central evil is self-destruction
(1:00:20) Is the gap between religion and science the concept of play?
(1:03:35) The superego, Atheism, and the paradox of pointlessness
(1:09:48) The truly fundamental as immediately self-evident
(1:11:42) Do you believe your suffering is wrong?
(1:12:55) Self deception leads to self destruction
(1:15:16) Vervaeke’s theory of omission
(1:19:26) The sin that cannot be forgiven
(1:24:39) Argument, despair, and calling to the spirits that orient you upwards
(1:28:26) When Hall realized our culture lies
(1:33:50) One of largest unsolved problems in human organization
(1:39:33) Is there a uniting ethos that can bring permanent stability?
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