You're Screwed No Matter What You Do | Jordan Peterson

"The other thing that's so interesting about being alive is that you're all-in. No matter what you do, you're all-in. This is gonna kill you."

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➤➤Speaker:
Jordan Peterson

➤➤Video Sources:
2017 Maps of Meaning 12: Final: The Divinity of the Individual - Jordan Peterson

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➤➤Music:
Quiet Contentment, Together by Brock Hewitt

➤➤Editor:
WordToTheWise
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➤➤Transcript (Partial):
You know, I have done my best with every single thing I've talked to you guys about—I have done my best to do what Dostoyevsky does in his novels, which is, I make a proposition, and then I spend months or years trying to figure out if I can take the bloody thing apart—if there's something wrong with it because I want to find out. I want to hit it with a hammer and see if it breaks. And what I've been trying to do is to tell you all the things that I've gathered, let's say, or—or laid out or articulated or discovered over the last thirty years that I have not been able to break with the biggest hammer that I could take to them. And I guess that's the fundamental one, is that I—I believe that the—the idea that lurks in these images, derived from very different cultures... It's the same idea: Life is suffering. Right. Indisputable. What do you do about that? You voluntarily accept it, and then strive to overcome the suffering that's a consequence of that. And you do that for you, and you do that in a way that makes it better for other people, and then that works. And one question might be well, how well does it work? And the answer is: The only way that you can find out is by trying it. That's it. That's the existential element of it. The proof is to be derived by the incarnation of the attitude in your own life. No one can tell you how it will work for you. It's the thing that your destiny is to discover that. And you have to make the decisions to begin with, because you can't do this without commitment. You have to commit to it first. That's the act of faith that—that Kierkegaard was so insistent upon. You have to say: I'm going to act as if being is good. I'm going to act as if truth is the pathway to enlightenment. I'm going to act as if I should pursue the deepest meaning possible in my life. And there's reasons to do none of those. They're real reasons. So it's really a decision. But you can't find out what the consequence of the decision is unless you make the decision. I think the same thing happens when you get married, by the way. If you think you might leave, you're not married. And then you think: well, the marriage didn't succeed. It's like, well, maybe you were never married, because the rule is: you don't get to leave. And there's a reason for that rule. Now, I'm not saying that there aren't situations where there should be exceptions made for that, that's not the point. The point is that there's some games you don't get to play unless you're all-in. And the other thing that's so interesting about being alive is that you're all-in. No matter what you do you're all-in. This is going to kill you. So I think you might as well play the most magnificent game you can while you're waiting, because, do you have anything better to do? Really? Why not pick the best thing possible that you could do? Why not do that? Maybe you could justify your wretched existence to yourself that way. I think you could. That's what it looks like. You know, people find such meaning in the responsibilities they adopt. It stops making them ask questions about what life is for. If you have a newborn child, for example—like, unless you're really in a bad way, psychotically depressed, or maybe your personality really needs some retooling, you stop thinking about anything but ensuring that that baby is doing well. And if someone comes along and asks you an existential question about your commitment to that, the right response is: why are you asking me such stupid questions when this is manifesting...

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[rich]

Aren't we lucky to have him around during our lives

[kirika]

I really like this guy because he always tries to teach you without being condescending or without trying to make you look stupid…

[otsutsukiyuvraj]

Luckiest generation. To have a guide like him

[MichaelDavis-cjyj]

Saving typically results in you earning a lower return but with virtually no risk. In contrast, investing allows you the opportunity to earn a higher return, but you take on the risk of loss in order to do so. Not reaching a million before retirement feels like an unfulfilled retirement.

[timcoolican]

The amazing thing is that this is not 'new' wisdom. Don't get me wrong, I revere Jordan Peterson just as much as others do. But essentially he is, in a way, telling us that which already know but do not fully realize. It's as if you had forgotten a word you were thinking of, then having someone tell you what that word is. You feel both incredulous and relived at hearing that lost word, which you had trouble recalling. This is the feeling Mr. Peterson invokes, at least in me, when he reveals a revelation about the symbols and signs in our society.

Perhaps Jordan would not have found himself at the front lines of our culture war, had he not been a good speaker. But he is...and an incredibly excellent one at that! If every teacher I had spoke as eloquently and passionately as Peterson, I might very well be in a different situation than I am in today. But what he is speaking of, within this particular lecture, is what may have brought me to my current situation today, regardless of academic proficiency.

The follies and tragedies of my life have ultimately lead me to where I am. We were poor and so I had to work full time throughout my time in high school, from the age of fourteen. Our single Mother fell quite ill, placing the responsibility on me and my brother to pay bills. I suffered various accidents and injuries over my lifetime, ultimately landing me as a handicapped or disabled person. So while I am still trying to adjust to my situation, I heed the advice which Peterson divulges here. The universality does escape us, that we all suffer. My story could be no different than your own, but what we do in the wake of adversity and tragedy, as Peterson teaches us, is what makes that experience tolerably.

I am grateful for having found Jordan Peterson online. I would have otherwise not heard of him, were he transported into the limelight. For the adversity, which Peterson now suffers, I am also grateful.

[johntonge]

I see so many people walking around clueless and on autopilot. A man like JP can inspire a lot of people into a better existence if they give him a chance.

[kylespyrides]

“If you might leave, you’re not married.” Powerful, all in, being alive, you’re all in!

[muhammedozkan]

Hi from KÜRDISTAN 👋 Mr. Peterson you make my life good and my mind positive (: we love you

[girlhighlyfavored]

I ❤️ listening to JP, he’s a brilliant and humble man.

[richardvorwald]

"Pick up your cross & follow Me" - JP does a splendid job connecting mind & body to the Spiritual.

[thatsshowbiz]

LIFE - "This is going to kill your so your all in" so well put - mortality right there & surprisingly easy to loose touch of

[petestevenson]

Listening to J.P. helps me crystallize my thinking when retooling my life, esp. when figuring out everything that went wrong with it. His approach helps me firm up my objections in a way that leads me to my personal truth more closely, instead of trapping me in a win-lose debate that helps me not at all.

[MigueTran]

You're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't. Pick wisely.

[gertossss...]

"Adopting responsibilities makes you stop asking questions about the meaning of life". That's very well spoken.

Especially because asking questions about life is very important, until you find yourself having answered these questions, than you need a responsibility/path to adopt and/or follow

[mrj]

"There are some games that you dont get to play, unless you are all-in". Blows mi litlle mind. Beautiful!!!
Sir, you are becoming the modern day Carl Jung. 🙏 Thank you for existing Mr. Peterson!

[alexluthiger]

Life is both joy and suffering. Both lead to desperation without love for the Maker of all.

[trevorfranks]

"The world is watching. Show them the win." ✊✊

[GummiSammi]

"I want to hit it with a hammer and see if it breaks". This is why science prevails. We trust it because we're constantly trying to break it and only accept ones that have withstood the scrutiny. It is not a set of beliefs, it is a process through with we validate what we accept.

[NWHnick]

I watch one video of JP every day. My life and mindstate have improved so much!

[rock]

The real problems individual people have are not deriving these existential truths but the problems an individual faces in the moment.