12 Rules For Life - Jordan B Peterson

Listen to this episode from Samizdat Corner on Spotify. This best-selling work by Jordan Peterson provides life advice through essays in abstract ethical principles, psychology, mythology, religion, and personal anecdotes.  The book's central idea is that "suffering is built into the structure of being" and, although it can be unbearable, people have a choice either to withdraw, which is a "suicidal gesture", or to face and transcend it.  Living in a world of chaos and order, everyone has "darkness" that can "turn them into the monsters they're capable of being" to satisfy their dark impulses in the right situations. Scientific experiments like the Invisible Gorilla Test show that perception is adjusted to aims, and it is better to seek meaning rather than happiness