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133. Maps of Meaning 5: Story and Metastory 1

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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What Do You Do When Your Computer Crashes

When your computer crashes, you do the stupid things that idiot primates do when they're trying to deal with something that's way too complex. And so then i went outside, and the power was out. None street lights were working. It was seriously out. Because this was the time that the almost the entire northeast power gridn in quebec, collapsed. The reason it collapsed is because there was a solar flare, that happens reasonably often. But as long as the computer is working, you don't give it a second thought. You certainly don't care about the fact that it's dependent on electrical power or political stability....

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