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

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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The Purpose of Consciousness

The purpose of consciousness is to make you functional unconsciously, right? Because that's way better. You don't want to be conscious of most things, because it's just what you goin to do. Be conscious of your digestive processes. It's like no yher. If you're good at something, you hardly have to be conscious of it at all. So i've made the case for you that you exist wit within this thing. I've never figured out exactly what to call it, because you can call it a game, or you can callIt a frame of reference, pretty good one. Or you can callit a unit of perception. But that's more than perception....

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