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134. Maps of Meaning 06: Story and Metastory (Part 2)

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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The Hero Mythology

i, i, i've thought about this for a long time. I can't see any way that that just can't be the case. And how else could it work if we had a fixed behavior pattern? If you build the best damn, then you know what's going to be selected for. But that isn't what people are like. And it's also why we're so multi purpose. You know, we're not great at any one thing, but we can swim better than most terrestrial animals,. We can run faster than most animals, and we can certainly run longer. A human being can run a horse to death over the course of a weeki if they're in good...

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