The following is a transcript excerpt from one of Dr. Jordan B. Peterson’s personality lectures. In this segment, he explains how cultural identity and societal structures regulate emotions, the intermingling of the chaotic world and the chaotic self, and the arbitrary distinction between the psyche and the world. You can explore more in Dr. Peterson’s extensive catalog, available on DailyWire+.
Your culture is a set of value-laden presuppositions that you use to orient yourself in the world that match the set of value-laden presuppositions that everyone in your culture has and acts out. That means when you are among your own people, you believe some things implicitly. It is the way you look at the world. It is the way you act things out. Everyone expects you to act them out. They are happy about it, in fact.
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