@alfredosauce1
He even acknowledges going pro <3
@idleeidolon
"maybe not 50 hours a week, unless you're going pro." dayum. in this context "cleaning your room" would be, "do your dailies and log out kid."
@CGPacifica
I'm not even a psychology major and I'd consider enrolling in Peterson's classes just to listen to him speak.
@marcel7922
So basically: "Don't adopt the deception that, when you are winning a game, you are winning the game of life".
@Peter_1986
One common reason why people become foes of video games is because they start telling themselves that video games are "just for kids" - for some reason almost everything that can be considered a playful leisure activity is considered "immature". But Jordan Peterson is smart enough to see the value in those activities as well.
@treenopie
1:15 "How do you stop yourself from falling prey to a pathologized sense of meaning? ...Don't lie."
@MrZebub
Thumbnail game so strong.
@yarnotnap
I feel like gaming is a form of escapism. I used to game a lot when I was a teenager, that was when I was very anxious and depressed and felt I could get a sense of power and control from video games. If you're familiar with Nietzsche's concept of "will to power", it makes sense that gamers are wanting to feel a sense of power through a virtual simulation instead of the real game which is real life! It seems like a waste of energy and time to want to level up some in game character, when you could be levelling yourself up in real life by acquiring new skills, overcoming insecurities, working out etc. One of my closest friends spends his time off work gaming, while he develops a bad case of "nerd neck" (forward tilting neck) , complains about hating his job, and doesn't plan on improving his life. The issue is, if you find gaming to be very alluring, maybe it's because it allows you to take your mind off really progressing in your life, while you still get to feel some sense of accomplishment through levelling up or winning a game against others. If your also taking care of the important aspects of your life and growing, then thats great, but if your using gaming to allude you into a false sense of accomplishment, then thats a problem. I write from my own experience, seeing the life of many of my friends who have many insecurities and social anxieties and are also addicts to gaming, it's an interesting correlation.To me, the last thing they should be doing is playing games, they should be reading a good book, and progressing themselves in their REAL lives. Games aren't inherently bad, it's just that a lot of young guys tend to be avoiding responsibilities personal growth and gaming instead!
@iAlberto923
To the people that say "videogames are just an escape"... Life is hard. It's no wonder people want an escape. And there's millions of escapes out there. Drugs and alcohol, promiscuous sex, pathology eating, you name it. I feel videogames can teach you things (Not all of them, mind you) the same way that reading will teach you things. It's a matter of balance. Remember all time investment is an investment, and some games can be a really huge time sink. If you plan on creating a career out of videogames, be it through streaming, becoming pro, learning videogame design and creating your own games, then by all means, go deep into it. But if not, I would suggest that you keep them in check, in the same way you would keep drugs and alcohol in check if you don't want them taking over your life. Because they can take over your life if you let them (anything can, really, but videogames can be specially addictive). Now, this doesn't mean that it's bad to play games. It's probably a much better option than mindlessly browsing Facebook or YouTube. The issue is balance.
@anuragsarkar817
Video game addiction and video game enjoying is totally different. Just do everything...study, sleep, workout, do something productive and then the remaining time play video games. Play, but keep it in a limit (like 2-4 hrs a day). Make sure you don't get obsessed with it. Its all about balance :) Personally i play 3 hrs a day.
@lllooolll327
I never knew that lying, and willfully avoiding tasks warps the neurological structure.. It makes so much sense why I feel so insecure about myself and my own choices and opinions. I've been thinking about taking a break from gaming for a while, but I keep making up excuses, or reasons rather, to why it's so important to me. And I wonder why im plagued with vague anxiety for everything I postpone, problems with sleeping and feelings of inadequacy.. I usually don't watch these short clips from lectures or speeches of JBP, because I find it annoyingly "inspirational". But this one has made an impact on me, so thank you for this upload!
@manuelcrespoale
So... the take-away is: don't play No Man's Sky, it is all lies. Don't lie to yourself.
@frankd908
I'm a simple man: I see a video with Jordan Peterson and Doomguy in the thumbnail, I click
@johnxina7496
the problem is that most people don't look beyond games that are made to be competitive and addicting there are games that are works of art that portray meaning and beauty in an exquisite way and many people play games for those kind of games One such game would be 'Journey'. I recommend people to try it out
@c.crespo8196
how do i balance school, social life and hobbies and how many hobbies can you have or sustain?
@demiserofd
The biggest threat of Video Games in my experience is that, unlike other activities, there is no real natural limiting factor to keep you from doing them forever. Take sports; after a certain amount per day, you get tired! Once you get worn out, it's much easier to go home and do something with value, like read a book. Of course, you don't HAVE to do that, but the point is, there's a natural stopping point. Other activities, even addictive ones like drugs, have economic stopping points like running out of money. Video games don't have that. They don't wear you out, they don't cost money(once you own them, which is too late), you can easily just get into them and never. Stop. Worse than that, many game dev companies intentionally try to make them as addictive as possible, which is horrendously immoral. If video games were designed with natural stopping factors, then they'd be an almost universal good as far as I can tell. They're a fantastic way to explore and learn. But the way they're designed now is just so focused down this horrible rabbit hole of microtransactions and gambling, it's just unacceptable.
@raymondtendau2749
After losing my mum and Dad two years apart, i had to survive depression with Gaming. Gaming was the only way to detach my mind from the Harsh Reality i was not ready for. It took me years to heal, but i would have easily switched to Drugs as in smoking, drinking etc to numb my pain had it not being Gaming. Gaming is not entirely good nor entirely bad. And there is always an exception to the rule.
@CatãooCensor
I listen Jordan Peterson's videos playing videogames...
@TheBrunarr
I think if Nietzsche were alive he would be against video games
@PsycheMatters