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This week's edition will discuss anxiety, the evolution of desire, and why men should always dress up.
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Anxiety isn't an unpleasant psychological state. You're revved up, and you're burning resources like mad.
"I don't know where I am" means everything around you is relevant, and you have to ramp up your capacity for action to deal with that.
We structure almost all of our environments constantly. We're all dressed the same, with tiny variations, and we all follow the same traffic laws, for example. We do everything we can to ensure that we know exactly where we are and what we're doing all the time.
Because when we're in that state, we can advance cautiously using positive things and maintain a modicum of positive emotion.
That's what we're trying to do.
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“Our choices determine the destiny of the world. By making a choice, you alter the structure of reality.”(Share this on Twitter)
“It’s a luxury to pursue what makes you happy; it’s a moral obligation to pursue what you find meaningful.” (Share this on Twitter)
“You should never give up the better that resides within for the security you already have, and certainly not when you have already caught a glimpse—an undeniable glimpse—of something beyond.” (Share this on Twitter)
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The Evolution of Desire | David Buss | The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast | #235
This episode was recorded on October 26, 2021.
Dr. David Buss and I discuss his groundbreaking work in evolutionary psychology. Our conversation forays into human mating practices & strategies, female preferences, dominance hierarchies, (fe)male aggression, emotional regulation & status, the dark triad (narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy), inherent inequality, and much more.
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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson:
“Sexual selection is anything but random."
David Buss:
“My 37 culture studies showed that men place a greater priority on physical attractiveness. It's not an arbitrary social construction; instead, it's an evolved preference for fertility cues."
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Why Men Should Always Dress Up | Jordan B. Peterson
Dr. Peterson:
"Fashion moves around, and it usually drifts from the top down, and so when formality becomes the norm, that drifts down to the working class. Then the upper class thinks, "Well, we can't do that because that would associate us with the unfashionable people", and then they dress down, so that drifts (fashion) down."
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Thank you for reading,
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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