** Mondays of Meaning
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April 21st 2025 | Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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Hello,
In this week’s edition, I explained how to approach each morning to make the day ahead more purposeful. Then, I was joined by South African filmmaker, author, and activist Dr. Ernst Roets to discuss the genetic and cultural hyper-diversity of Africa, the early settlement patterns of South Africa, and the origin story of the Boers. From the archives, I revisited a conversation I had with a former mobster about his father.
Advice
Transform The Possibility Of The Day
You are not a clockwork machine. You are a visionary. To understand that, you have to reconfigure how you think about the world because you presumably think like scientific materialists, at least in part. Though few people think scientifically in a very thorough manner, the basic manner of your thought is likely scientific rather than natural. This means you think you react to the objects in the world in a deterministic way — and none of that is true. You do not see “objects” that are objective; you see patterns that are functional, and they do not determine your action because you are not a clockwork machine driven by stimulus.
Imagine you are watching a play at a theater, and the stage is set with props. Then the actors come on and say their lines. If you said the props caused that, that would not be even vaguely true. Furthermore, the props in the play are not objects either. They are facilitators of the symbolic message of the play, and I think that is the case with the “objects” in the actual world. They are not objects; they are facilitators of the symbolic meaning of the play.
In the same way, you confront the possibility of the day each morning. The possibility of the day makes itself manifest to you, and it presents itself as a problem. You, then, must ask, “How will I interact with what’s transforming in front of me in a manner that will bring about the desired end?” If you are bad at that, you are just impulsive and more hedonistic and immature in your visionary orientation. But if you are sophisticated, you integrate the possibility that makes itself manifest to you with higher-order vision. Then, you grapple and wrestle with the emergent possibility to realize it. By doing so, you participate in the creation of the world.
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** On The Podcast
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South Africa: What The West Needs To Learn | Dr. Ernst Roets | EP 538
In this episode, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with South African filmmaker, author, and activist Dr. Ernst Roets. They discuss the genetic and cultural hyper-diversity of Africa, the early settlement patterns of South Africa, the origin story of the Boers, how forgotten history breeds rhyming conflicts in the present, and the complex needle that must be threaded for shared prosperity.
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** From The Archives
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When Your Father Is The Mafia
Michael Franzese, a former mobster affiliated with the Colombo family, talks with me about his relationship with his father and the lessons he learned from him.
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Thank you for reading,
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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