This section looks at the world we live in with all its messy and conflicting ideas, beliefs, and patterns that we’ve invented in an attempt to keep humanity safe and under control. The problem is that many of these patterns and rules long moved past their expiration date. In this section, you learn to question the rules of the world around you—from your religion to your relationships to your career and education. Here we introduce you to Laws 1 and 2.
TRANSCEND THE CULTURESCAPE. We’ll explore the tangled web of the
culturescape—humanity’s collective rules, beliefs, and practices about life. These are the rules that tell you how to exist, how to plan your life, how to define success and happiness. Following them is a sure path to being ordinary and safe. But I’m going to urge you to instead jump on the thrilling, sometimes uncertain, yet exciting ride of an unrestricted life. It all starts with asking a few disruptive questions.QUESTION THE BRULES. Here you’ll discover how to identify bulls**t rules or Brule's that should have expired generations ago but that still infect our lives. Getting rid of our Brule's is like shedding old dirty clothing and putting on something fresh. It’s liberating. Extraordinary people tend to have an allergy to Brule's. You will, too, as we explore how Brule's can keep us tied up in older ways of living and limit our creativity and growth.