The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast Walking With God: Noah and the Flood
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Aug 19, 2017 A deep dive into the Flood story explores why societies and individuals can descend into chaos, and what it means to repair a flawed world. The discussion ranges from Noah and Genesis to moral responsibility, the dangers of nihilism, and the challenge of aiming toward a meaningful ideal.
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Life Inside A Damaged Structure
- We always live inside a damaged social and biological structure inherited from dead predecessors.
- That brokenness is permanent but also creates constant opportunities for repair and meaning.
Improve Your World Incrementally
- Make things better wherever you are by fixing what you can locally and incrementally.
- Small, consistent improvements compound into transformative life changes over years.
Waiter Promoted By Taking Responsibility
- A waiter told Jordan Peterson that watching his lectures helped him earn two promotions in four months.
- Peterson used this to illustrate how taking responsibility at any job creates upward career momentum.