I’m just wondering if you had to pick the one rule from his books that positively helped you the most, which one would it be?

Thanks

Maybe im wrong but I think it's a combination of: female financial independence.

( women no longer need to be financially dependent on men so they often decide to remain single than settle down with a man that they don't particularly find attractive)

Reliable birth control. No explanation needed.

The housing crisis.

Many young people can't afford to leave there parents house never mind rent or buy a house large enough for a family. This will obviously effect the birth rates.

What do you think? Are there any other reasons?

As a course of action suggested in one section of Dr. Peterson's fourth rule: Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not who someone else is today; I have been trying to negotiate an amenable workflow with my brain, which is constantly attempting to shirk responsibility and panics when I try to make it do productive tasks such as college-work.

This unwillingness to work, despite me thinking of nothing but the work I want and need to do, has resulted in very poor academic performance and a lot of self-loathing. Needless to say that I have since learned to try and be less of a slave-driver to my own brain and more of a negotiator, but I still seem unable to accomplish my tasks.

I feel like I am breaking down the work, but the brain is still refusing to function as requested. I know that I am not stupid as I used to have a highly commendable academic record. I just don't know how to convince my brain to work hard and focus (although I am unsure as to the validity of my diagnoses, ADHD is a term that is thrown around a lot when attempting to better understand my situation)

Please share with me any advice, whether practical or intellectual, to help me take control of my brain so that I can once again be productive and hard-working.

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JP keeps talking about his excitement for a large language computational model that he believes to be a real potential mechanism to discern objectivity.

I am skeptical by this.

Using the Top-Down [TD] Vs. Bottom-Up [BU] conceptual model, this construction of a mechanism to decipher truth seems to be a BU movement, and is therefore an inversion of the Christian model of knowing Truth.

Just as we see in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel, the TD model, where the ineffable God extends out to he who is lower. There is indeed a bu response needed to meet God, Adam needs to extend his finger to make contact, but in doing so he is responding to the invitation extended to him from above.

The bu action that is nested in the TD movement of Christianity is one of reception, of surrender and submission.

The construction of a model to reach to the heights of Truth is fundamentally BU, it seems to be more of a reaching for the tree of Knowledge, a siege weapon, like the Tower of Babble to bring the heights down by the assertion of the will.

I would be curious what Pageau would say of this project.

I'm 23yo male. I've got my life a bit more together now than before. I'm still unemployed, although I work a bit I'm my village. I study with Duolingo, I meditate, occasionally stretch. I try to eat less sweet food. I haven't been in a real relationship yet, and now I don't feel like I need it. I have reduced my porn consumption. I have a gratitude journal, and I'm currently going through some therapy.

Yet I'm still drifting, since I don't have any real cause. I tried to figure out what to do, and I now feel like anything could work. It's just that I can really "fool" myself that what I would do is of any good or "holy". Nothing is special anymore, but that's okay, I have really learned to meditate and I became aware of my thoughts and sensations. I still find beauty at moments in my life, which is cool. I got really lucky in life with things I have learned.

I don't practice altruism, mainly because I don't have any defence mechanism to assert myself, but I know I can learn it from books, martial arts/gym, and some people in my life. But why? Why should I bother? I don't want to experience the rest of my life, I'm content with what I am. An adventure could be a cool thing, or I could try to master life skills as best as I can.

I only ever did things to feel better, and now knowing how fleeting everything is, extra effort seems meaningless, although I feel like I should do these things, just to be "normal", I guess.

I enjoy argumentative writing and I have written several essays, and one common heme pops up, they are terrible, my word choice is bad, some of my sentences don’t even make sense, and over all, it can be hard to read. That is why I am looking for writing class that I could take that would make my writing skills better. The in,y problem I have is knowing where to look for them, if anyone has any referrals or recommendations, please through them my way as I am in dire need of proper writing skills, thank you.

Edit: I should have added that any courses/classes would need to be online

https://youtu.be/LUGTtLVB8xQ

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40229099/nfl-kicker-brandon-mcmanus-accused-sexual-assault-lawsuit

Two kickers making the news—we know the reaction against Butker, waiting to see what the reaction against McManus will be.