The Difference Between Books and Movies (Jordan Peterson)

A short clip of Jordan Peterson on why a story read is richer than the same story watched, as Kyle took notes on it.

Why it was kept

Kyle kept the claim that the abstraction of a story in your imagination is richer than a film, that Nietzsche was heavily influenced by Dostoevsky, the distinction between a meme and an archetype that has propagated so long it has shaped evolution, and Peterson’s line that admiration is recognising someone better than you at something.

As Kyle captured it

• Watched Jordan Peterson talk about the difference between books and movies
  • URL::
    • {{video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=G6evk-Z23ZQ}}
  • The abstraction of the story in your imagination if more rich than watching a movie
  • Friedrich Nietzsche was heavily influenced by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • A meme is an idea that propagates itself, but an archetype has propagated itself so much that it has effectively shapes evolution
  • “The act of admiration is recognition that you’ve met someone who is better at something than you are” and you’ve lifted them up in the dominance hierarchy.

Connections

Jordan Peterson · Friedrich Nietzsche · Fyodor Dostoevsky · My Library