Chapter
Consensus and Unconventional Ways of Proving Oneself
1:20:03 - 1:30:59 (10:56)
Jordan Peterson advises individuals to seek unconventional ways of proving themselves wrong. Consensus does not come naturally, and individuals should always be encouraged to innovate and think outside the box.
Clips
The podcast explores ways to enter the zone of deep creative work, which requires a lot of synthesis and orthogonal thinking, and how using prohibited words can help signal to the brain that you are inhabiting unsafe space, enabling you to enter a different mode for deep concentration.
1:20:03 - 1:22:55 (02:51)
Creative Work
Summary
The podcast explores ways to enter the zone of deep creative work, which requires a lot of synthesis and orthogonal thinking, and how using prohibited words can help signal to the brain that you are inhabiting unsafe space, enabling you to enter a different mode for deep concentration.
ChapterConsensus and Unconventional Ways of Proving Oneself
Episode#131: Eric Weinstein on Challenging “Reality,” Working with Peter Thiel, and Destroying Education to Save It
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
In this episode, the speaker talks about the problems with consensus when there is no arithmetic consensus, gives advice to his younger self and audience, and talks about an interesting study on psychedelics that Johns Hopkins is putting together.
1:22:55 - 1:30:59 (08:04)
Consensus
Summary
In this episode, the speaker talks about the problems with consensus when there is no arithmetic consensus, gives advice to his younger self and audience, and talks about an interesting study on psychedelics that Johns Hopkins is putting together.