Ep 129: Decisions & Suffering

Our divine gift, and responsibility, is to make decisions, and to suffer them. In every decision there is a mourning for what you had to slay. Show Notes: 1:57 - Clarity 5:21 - Distinction 8:33 - Partners 11:33 - Marriage in religion 15:05 - Limitations 19:29 - Sexual revolution 23:53 - Civilization’s future 28:20 - A self-extinguishing game 33:47 - Consequences 40:05 - Time preference 42:47 - Wisdom 46:45 - Experience 50:05 - Dictation by authority 54:42 - Consciousness 59:17 - How to remember 1:02:53 - Human power Links to resources: Jordan Peterson Quotes https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/282885.Jordan_B_Peterson Rob Henderson Dating Apps Stats https://www.robkhenderson.com/past-newsletter/blog-post-title-one-l8s72-e6gsw-gmerh Elon Musk Quote https://www.liberalforum.org/topic/359843-civilization-will-die-with-a-whimper-in-adult-diapers-says-elon-musk/ Bret Weinstein The WEIRD World https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weird-world-is-killing-us-evolutionary-biologists/id1524832743?i=1000535210588 The Matrix https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/ Eric Neumann: The Origins and History of Consciousness https://www.amazon.com/Origins-History-Consciousness-Mythos-Princeton/dp/0691163596 Thor https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800369/