Chapter
Facing Pushback for Thinking Differently
1:45:34 - 1:53:52 (08:17)
The more self-reflective and nuanced a person's thinking becomes, the fewer people will be like them, leading to feelings of isolation and potential pushback from those in their normal working class towns. However, this might be a threshold phenomenon, as those who become highly specialized in an area ultimately broaden their understanding of the field.
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The more self-reflective and nuanced your thinking becomes, the less people there are like you, potentially leading to feelings of loneliness.
1:45:34 - 1:48:28 (02:53)
Summary
The more self-reflective and nuanced your thinking becomes, the less people there are like you, potentially leading to feelings of loneliness. This phenomenon is observable especially when living in normal working class towns, where people are born, live and die, and can be seen in Solzhenitsyn's identification of the willingness of subjects of totalitarian states to live by lies.
ChapterFacing Pushback for Thinking Differently
Episode#436 - Dr Jordan B. Peterson - Your Life Is Built For More
PodcastModern Wisdom
American children are raised with the belief that they can be anything they want to be, but when they reach adulthood, many realize that their expectations were not met as things have changed, including having children at older ages.
1:48:28 - 1:50:35 (02:07)
Summary
American children are raised with the belief that they can be anything they want to be, but when they reach adulthood, many realize that their expectations were not met as things have changed, including having children at older ages.
ChapterFacing Pushback for Thinking Differently
Episode#436 - Dr Jordan B. Peterson - Your Life Is Built For More
PodcastModern Wisdom
The coddled mind phenomena is not limited to working-class families, but also prevalent in middle and upper-class communities.
1:50:35 - 1:53:52 (03:16)
Summary
The coddled mind phenomena is not limited to working-class families, but also prevalent in middle and upper-class communities. Parents with only one child tend to be more conservative and hesitant to take risks, in turn, affecting the developmental upbringing of their child.