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Jordan Peterson on Mythology, Fame, and Reading People

Conversations with Tyler

CHAPTER

The Book of Exodus - A Metaphor for Social Transformation

The book of exodus is a story about, i wouldsay it's a story about many things. The entire story is a metaphor for psychological transformation. You move from a tyranny, and it's brilliant just on the surface. But if you've ever popped out of a system that was maybe somewhat tyrannical, you might think long and hard about the fact that you can spend forty years in the desert. There's tremendous pining for the good old days when the tyrannical structure that you once inhabited gave your life structure and meaning.

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