12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson Archives - Possibly Correct https://possiblycorrect.com/tag/12-rules-for-life-by-jordan-peterson/ Possibly Correct Media Network Mon, 07 Feb 2022 18:47:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/possiblycorrect.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-PC_LOGO.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson Archives - Possibly Correct https://possiblycorrect.com/tag/12-rules-for-life-by-jordan-peterson/ 32 32 194854143 EP #34 | Eight Socialists Define Socialism https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-34-eight-socialists-define-socialism/ Tue, 10 Mar 2020 05:34:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1592 Who are the most important socialist intellectuals and politicians in history? We here offer quotations from eight prominent socialists, representing a wide geographical and temporal range. The quotations illustrate the author’s motivation for advocating socialism, the actions necessary to bring about socialism, and/or the expected results of socialism. What common characteristics best define socialism?

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]]> Who are the most important socialist intellectuals and politicians in history? We here offer quotations from eight prominent socialists, representing a wide geographical and temporal range. The quotations illustrate the author’s motivation for advocating socialism, the actions necessary to bring about socialism, and/or the expected results of socialism. What common characteristics best define socialism?

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]]> 1592 EP #33 | Young People’s Socialism https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-33-young-peoples-socialism/ Tue, 11 Feb 2020 23:46:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1598 Where are young socialists in their thinking? What expressions of socialism are meeting their mark rhetorically? What does socialism mean to them and what values do they think socialism is advocating?

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]]> Where are young socialists in their thinking? What expressions of socialism are meeting their mark rhetorically? What does socialism mean to them and what values do they think socialism is advocating?

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]]> 1598 EP #32 | Bootleggers and Baptists or Snowflakes https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-32-bootleggers-and-baptists-or-snowflakes/ Mon, 27 Jan 2020 23:58:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1605 A generation ago the slogan of campus activist was, speak truth to power. Why has there been such a dramatic change in just one generation?

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]]> A generation ago the slogan of campus activist was, speak truth to power. Why has there been such a dramatic change in just one generation?

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]]> 1605 EP #30 | The Real Scrooge https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-30-the-real-scrooge/ Sat, 21 Dec 2019 23:40:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1617 We all know the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge. Or do we? At least 20 movie versions of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol have been produced, along with innumerable stage plays and live reading. Who was Ebenezer Scrooge? Was his character the Villain according to Socialism, the Homo Economicus and Savvy Investor, the hero of the Anti-Over-Commercialized-Christmas crowd?

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]]> We all know the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge. Or do we? At least 20 movie versions of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol have been produced, along with innumerable stage plays and live reading. Who was Ebenezer Scrooge? Was his character the Villain according to Socialism, the Homo Economicus and Savvy Investor, the hero of the Anti-Over-Commercialized-Christmas crowd?

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]]> 1617 #29 War on Socialism https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/29-war-on-socialism/ Tue, 05 Nov 2019 02:38:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1619 William James was a leading American philosopher who lived at the turn of the 20th century. In his essay the Moral Equivalent of War, James describes himself as a socialist and pacifist and is very disgusted with the human history of war and is looking for a solution. This essay, while thoughtful and well argued is to my mind, highly objectionable. Here is why.

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]]> William James was a leading American philosopher who lived at the turn of the 20th century. In his essay the Moral Equivalent of War, James describes himself as a socialist and pacifist and is very disgusted with the human history of war and is looking for a solution. This essay, while thoughtful and well argued is to my mind, highly objectionable. Here is why.

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]]> 1619 EP #28 | Keynes Blame https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-28-keynes-blame/ Tue, 22 Oct 2019 03:01:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1625 Is Keynes to blame for everything? John Maynard Keynes was the most influential economist of the 20th century. In the 21st century his theories are institutionalized. But how close is current Keyesnian practice to original Keynesian theory?

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]]> Is Keynes to blame for everything? John Maynard Keynes was the most influential economist of the 20th century. In the 21st century his theories are institutionalized. But how close is current Keyesnian practice to original Keynesian theory?

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]]> 1625 #27 Money You Should Love https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/27-money-you-should-love/ Wed, 09 Oct 2019 01:39:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1627 Money is one of the greatest inventions ever, just as books are one of the greatest inventions ever and for the same reasons. Books are collections of abstract symbols that represent abstract ideas. Writing enhances our thinking through portability, storage, precision and universality. Books enable everyone to communicate with one another. All of these points about books hold precisely for money.

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]]> Money is one of the greatest inventions ever, just as books are one of the greatest inventions ever and for the same reasons. Books are collections of abstract symbols that represent abstract ideas. Writing enhances our thinking through portability, storage, precision and universality. Books enable everyone to communicate with one another. All of these points about books hold precisely for money.

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]]> 1627 #25 Thales’ Revolution https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/25-thales-revolution/ Tue, 10 Sep 2019 02:23:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1634 The standard claim is that philosophy begins with Thales. Why did philosophy come into being in a clusters of cities on the coasts of Asia minor? Ascribed to Thales by Aristotle: “The first principle and basic nature of all things is water, ”and “All things are full of gods.” Why do historians of philosophy get worked up over these lines?
To see their significance, let’s set a context by going back to the worldview of the awesomely great Homer. So brush up on The Iliad, which I want to use as our pre-philosophy-worldview contrast object.

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]]> The standard claim is that philosophy begins with Thales. Why did philosophy come into being in a clusters of cities on the coasts of Asia minor? Ascribed to Thales by Aristotle: “The first principle and basic nature of all things is water, ”and “All things are full of gods.” Why do historians of philosophy get worked up over these lines?
To see their significance, let’s set a context by going back to the worldview of the awesomely great Homer. So brush up on The Iliad, which I want to use as our pre-philosophy-worldview contrast object.

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]]> 1634 #24 Does Power Corrupt? https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/24-does-power-corrupt/ Mon, 26 Aug 2019 02:32:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1639 Lord Acton said, “absolute power corrupts absolutely” but is this accurate? Abuses of social and political power are the ones we worry about the most. Social science data does seem too, on the surface, bare out Lord Acton’s claims. However, if you correlate the degrees of corruption with degrees of centralization the data suggests things are not quite so simple.

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]]> Lord Acton said, “absolute power corrupts absolutely” but is this accurate? Abuses of social and political power are the ones we worry about the most. Social science data does seem too, on the surface, bare out Lord Acton’s claims. However, if you correlate the degrees of corruption with degrees of centralization the data suggests things are not quite so simple.

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]]> 1639 EP #23 – Is Postmodernism Neo-Marxist? Yes, No & Sort Of. https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-23-is-postmodernism-neo-marxist-yes-no-sort-of/ Tue, 30 Jul 2019 18:46:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1642 Professor Jordan B. Peterson is perhaps most famous for the neo-Marxist label “Postmodern Neo-Marxism.” Although Dr. Peterson recommends Explaining Postmodernism by Dr. Hicks, their analysis on this issue differs in some important ways.

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]]> Professor Jordan B. Peterson is perhaps most famous for the neo-Marxist label “Postmodern Neo-Marxism.” Although Dr. Peterson recommends Explaining Postmodernism by Dr. Hicks, their analysis on this issue differs in some important ways.

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