Today's Mondays of Meaning discusses hierarchy, whether property is theft and the development of aggressive children.


** Mondays of Meaning
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August 30th, 2021 | Dr Jordan B. Peterson
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Hello,

In this week's edition, we'll be discussing hierarchy, whether property is theft, and the development of aggressive children.


** On Hierarchy and the Reduction of Complexity in the World
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The world is, for all intents and purposes, infinitely complex. Even if there isn’t a truly infinite number of things, phenomena and facts, there is a sufficient infinity of combinations of things, categories of things, potential and real. This complexity has to be reduced to a level that is manageable at the level of moment-to-moment perception (we can only attend to one thing) and action (we can only undertake one action). That is accomplished through the cooperation and competition that is part of the general social hierarchy, which specifies through collectively-established value and through language itself what is to take priority and why.

The hierarchy says: “Here’s what’s valued. Look at that (perceive that) and not something else. Pursue that (act toward those ends) and not something else.” What the hierarchy truly specifies, therefore, is not the value of things, but the value of behaviors or perceptions that create, maintain or distribute valued things. That’s an ethic. The ethic called forth is a set of principles for acting in the world of value.


** Monday Reflections
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"It took untold generations to get you where you are. A little gratitude might be in order." (Share this on Twitter ([link removed]) )

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"It is my firm belief that the best way to fix the world - a handyman's dream, if ever there was one - is to fix yourself." (Share this on Twitter ([link removed]) )

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"If you don't stand your ground, then all that happens is people push you backwards." (S ([link removed]) hare this on Twitter ([link removed]) )


** This Week On The Podcast
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Is Property Theft? | The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast - S4E43: Dr. Robert Murphy

Dr. Jordan Peterson sits down with Dr. Robert Murphy for a crash course in Austrian Economics. Both delve into the topics of value, free trade, private property, minimum wage laws, specialization of individual tasks, Interest rates, the Business Cycle, and much more.

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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson:

“There’s a price to be paid for increasing the minimum wage, and the price is that minimum wage workers are more expensive and therefore that will incentivize the search to replace them in some manner.”
Dr. Stephen Blackwell:

“The fact is that centrally planning prices does not work, so the Austrians are saying why are we using central planning for our money then as well?


** From The Archives
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The Development of Aggressive Children | Jordan B Peterson
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Jordan B. Peterson:

"ADHD medication suppresses the play function. It's absolutely appalling, there's no excuse for it. It's a good indictment of the education system because why in the world would you take six-year-old kids and get them to sit without moving for five hours unless you want them to grow up fat and stupid."

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Thank you for reading,

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

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