definition

Negative vs positive injunctions impose unequal cost

There is a fundamental asymmetry between negative injunctions (asking someone to stop doing something, which can be infinite in number yet costs no time or cognitive overhead) and positive injunctions (asking someone to actively do something, like learning and vigilantly applying new pronouns); compelled pronoun use is a positive injunction that imposes a real ongoing cost.

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Speaker

Jordan Peterson

Evidence Quote

asking people to learn a new list of gender pronouns and then live in a state of vigilance to see that they apply them correctly this is a positive injunction

Source

62 - What Is TrueMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 1:57:14 AM

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