Uploaded November 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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How to describe the progression of this first section of "12 Rules for Life," Rule 6 (Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world) without tripping Algi...

Peterson quotes [redacted] to illustrate the nihilism [redacted] have, something he argues leads to their acts. He argues that everyone harbors these [redacted], but most don't act on them. Peterson asserts that needing to blame someone or something for bad things happening is inevitable (I counter this assertion). Tolstoy is brought up to support Peterson's claim that the "strong choice" when faced with nihilism is to [redacted], but that "Tolstoy wasn't pessimistic enough" because [huge redacted] (citation needed). I recontextualize the Tolstoy thread in the [redacted].

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Timestamps
0:00 Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world
2:09 "A Religious Problem"
5:23 - Faust and Mephistopheles
10:59 - Blame game research
20:42 - Tolstoy
21:48 - "Tolstoy wasn't pessimistic enough"
25:53 Conclusions
27:05 Cute cats

Relevant links
Philosophy Tube's "HBO's Chernobyl & Personal Responsibility" - youtu.be/oENI8NnTx0w