Political philosopher and sociologist Daniel Görtz is a leader of "the Nordic school" of metamodernism. He co-authored The Listening Society and The Nordic Ideology under the pseudonym Hanzi Freinacht. Today we discuss his new “self-help” book with the working title “12 Better Rules for Life (and beyond).”
Topics include:
* The subtle art of sublime mediocrity
* Why Rule #2 is “Fuck like a beast”
* Why Jesus was right and how secular people can learn from that
* What is post-postmodernism?
* The life-changing practice of Rogerian listening
* A necessary steelman of critical race theory and modern feminism
* Why feminist forums descend into language-policing
* How to improve your default levels of contentment (from a 7 to an 8)
* Where Jordan Peterson went wrong with post-modernism
* Why playfulness is essential
* A big spoiler on the book (and a key secret to living well)
Resources:
* https://metamoderna.org/
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