An Increase in the Standard of Living | Matt Ridley & Jordan B. Peterson 

i guess its great for damaged or mentally ill ppl

@@thechairman6617 Dr Peterson has said as much before. It works best for people that aren't doing so well. Not sure about the brain damage though.

@@letsgoBrandon204 i meant enotionally damaged....

@@letsgoBrandon204 maybe a great first step....still a long way to go and learn about this filthy world !

@@thechairman6617 Oh yeah, I hadn't realised that I imagined the brain damage content of your comment. Moral of that is, read comments at least twice before leaping to comment. Sorry about that

nerd.

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@@thechairman6617 😂😂😂

@@Arthur_Wellesley 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Human beings prefer simplicity. If you want to turn people in Marxists and socialists, and for them to hate you convince them of the complexities and actual, unnoticed, real sufferings of the human condition that's always been bubbling under the surface of consciousness. The human impulse to simplify the world through action can drive them mad. Don't forget, we are a species that nearly drove the grey wolf extinct at one point in history for very similar reasons.

... most of us don't have time to socialise even now outside work... I relocated alone 7 times and have never been able to settle... don't assume traveling makes a diverse situation better because of modern travel with relocation... I've done this myself for work and at 42 I am left completely without friends.... isolated in a foreign country... the past had the opposite problem with limited mobility... but I would say life was slower and less frenetic... stress worldwide is high now and so is suicide...

@@dn1697 it is difficult to grasp! Funny, I have lived in 5 different countries from east to west & traveled much more. It is fascinating that how we move, learn & change. At 51 I don't & see the life with & without new bio-elctronic tech & so confused which is better? Take a self drive car but don't know where to go or walk to the next water well to drink but enjoy the nature!

But wooden spoons were a thing. It wasn’t hard and still isn’t hard today to make a wooden spoon. But you had to work to make that. And it wouldn’t last but only a year or two if used all the time

@@dustyandsneezing True. I wonder, if a child or teen ager spent time making their own eating utensils, if they would be punished for using their time plus the materials to make their own forks & spoons.

Wooden spoons could be easily made, although crappy. So hands and crappy wooden spoons were used. I think what you meant is nice spoons. Or silverware. The rich throughout time always had a much nicer version of whatever crap the poor had.

@@DC-gh6dy The rich or other classes have zero influence as to what station in life they are born into. It seems to me that it may, I say, may be more feasible for someone to work their way into a higher income bracket. Dr. Peterson, himself, is proof of that.

Thanks for the headsup. Yeah it was abrupt. Jumpscare.

I laughed way more than I should have

Damn that's so accurate

Nothingness? To me it's the greatest creature comfort I have ever experienced in my life. Just to know that a mind so in tune with existence from just analyzing the data can exist gives validation to the path I have chosen. Which is that of anti-organized religion, pro mythology based spirituality(that is to say I do not worship but have reserved the highest postion in the hierarchy for something transcendent)ruling a blue collar lifestyle with commitment to endure all with an undying pride in the truth. It's true that this path leads to a loss of the romantized reality but the ecstasy found in a love born from the will to overcome adversary I have found to be unequaled in the mortal coil. That concept strikes hot at the core of what doctor Peterson is trying to teach us, honesty with yourself and reality results in the most meaningful existence. Individualism is the savior of our souls and that is why the distillation of 200k years of human knowledge = Jesus Christ, the avatar of individualism. OR if you need a secular scientific version of that look no further than Dr. Jordan B Peterson. THE Einstein of MY generation.

trump is a humanitarian who has promoted human rights in china who caused 2nd modern holocaust in history ---while "democrats" want to "help" china or tell us how china is americas "friend" --- dont ever let the propoganda or any government aspect of "establishment" MAKE A FOOL OUT OF YOU --- vote corrupt chinese backed politicians out of your country !!!!!

The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley ;)

"The Rational Optimist" by Matt Ridley

seriously ... just two wars in the first 4 decades. reasonable

Then whey are people are dressing up as 1890's bartenders? Nah but seriously, "distant past" probably means more than 30 years.

hm...but were on to holocaust # 2....wait somethings not clicking*

Roussea-ian may have been intended there

@@stevencruise5516 ohh ok, thank you

To be fair, despite all of our progress and prosperity ( and because of it ) humanity is now dealing with a series of dilemmas including exponential population growth, unprecedented pandemics, raging inflation, historical weather events, food shortages and insecurities and curiously biased and non impartial scientific conclusions conspicuously reflecting governments stance. Scientists and science will become obsolete and God I'd rumoured to be dead. I enjoy your discussions 👍

RIP to one of the great songwriters. This is one of my favorite tunes to cover on the piano.

Mine too!

i still cant believe he out of all ppl had a britney spears moment

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