
174. Jordan Peterson — Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life
The Michael Shermer Show
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Inequality Is a Big Problem Any Society
There aren't any societies that you can find, no matter how far you go back in history, where you don't see radically unequal distribution of resources. That's true not only for humans, but it's also true for animals. Even among birds that aren't really that social in their nature, there's a competition for those primary positions. They're scarce, and they're unequally distributed. And that's, that's the rule. Now we know that when inequality a becomes aa, starts to produce undue suffering, let's say, even if it's just suffering in relationship to status, that the hierarchy becomes unstable. So inequality is a huge problem any society. You have to
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