Friday, 5.47pm
Sheffield, U.K.
Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed. – Abraham Lincoln
I watched a video by Dr Doug Lisle that was an interesting refutation to Jordan Peterson’s concept of dominance hierarchies.
Peterson argues that we’re hardwired to look to dominate hierarchies.
Lisle argues that we look for esteem – and these might sound similar but they’re not.
In dominance, the bigger animal fights and wins.
With esteem, the person that does the most for the village is elevated.
One is a personal thing.
The other is a social thing.
And that’s why comparing humans to lobsters, as Peterson does, might miss the real lesson.
We’re all jockeying, not for dominance, but for esteem.
The more you do for others…
Cheers,
Karthik Suresh
p.s. The reason I really like Lisle is because of the way he uses drawings in his presentations.
Handcrafted insight 
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