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236. How to Use Reading and Writing to Find Your Path

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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What's the Meaning of Life?

It isn't obvious to me what you should mean when you say that something's true. And the reason it's not obvious is because we have this idea in our society, and it's a very profound idea. The physicists have got it right, and that's why they can make hydrogen bombs. That's a pretty good demonstration of their being right. But you don't act as if that's trueand you don't. You watch things and pay attention to things and are captivated by things that aren't predicated on those assumptions. People want to know that more than anything, because you need to know.

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