You will do as we say. If you do not do as we say, there will be consequences.

For many, that’s what authority is — someone with perceived power ruling over others.

But authority is also just being the person who has the authority to sign off on documents…things like that.

Really, though…we stick more with the first example of authority this episode…

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We begin by talking about the first authority we recognized in life…and then whether or not our parents were seen as authority figures when we were growing up. We stick to that a bit more and discuss how our parents compared to friends’ parent where authority was concerned.

Find out if we have a problem with authority [yes, we do] and when the problem started for each of us. We also chat about why we think authority can make us bristle a bit.

We devote some time to current authority figures in our lives, and whose authority we refuse to recognize — as well as who we will listen to.

Many people say we must have authority for a society to survive, but is that true? We devote some time to that before talking about whether we follow authority more or less than others we know. And find out what gives someone enough authority that we will actually follow them.

We wrap it all up with the future of humanity’s relationship to authority.

Now…respect our authority and leave a comment below!

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