Dr. Jordan Peterson is a professor at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist and the author of 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief, and many scientific papers which have been cited literally thousands of times (according to Google Scholar Citations). As a Harvard professor, he was nominated for the prestigious Levinson Teaching Prize, and his classroom lectures on mythology and psychology, based on his book Maps of Meaning, were turned into a...
Dr. Jordan Peterson is a professor at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist and the author of 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief, and many scientific papers which have been cited literally thousands of times (according to Google Scholar Citations). As a Harvard professor, he was nominated for the prestigious Levinson Teaching Prize, and his classroom lectures on mythology and psychology, based on his book Maps of Meaning, were turned into a popular 13-part TV series on TVO. I first stumbled across Dr. Peterson's work via his Maps of Meaning lecture series on YouTube. Within minutes I was hooked, and proceeded to binge watched more than 24 hours of these lectures, which use the story of Pinocchio to articulate the way in which you and I act in the world, the deeply biological origin of "meaning" and "sacrifice," and how we can better navigate the world through understanding stories, meta-stories, and archetypes. If you had told me two years ago that my favorite videos on YouTube would be a professor's university lecture series on YouTube, I would have called you crazy. But that's a testament to Dr. Peterson; how he can take topics that could be seen as otherwise mundane or cliche, and turn it into a compelling narrative that gives the best Hollywood films a run for their money. Unsurprisingly, Dr. Peterson’s YouTube channel, Jordan Peterson Videos, which features his university and public lectures (including his recent 15-part biblical series), has over 1 million subscribers, with 10s of millions of views.
In this broadcast, Jordan Peterson and I talk about:
- Dr. Peterson's morning routine
- How Dr. Peterson creates time to write (and why it's so important to develop a practice of writing)
- How Dr. Peterson uses Twitter to develop content for his blog
- What Dr. Peterson means when he says "Don't let bullies get away with it" (from a Quora response that's generated over 326,000 views and more than 5,000 upvotes)
- The difference between meaning and suffering (and why you should strengthen the former and reduce the latter to lead the best life you possibly can)
- What Dr. Peterson thinks of Nassim Taleb (including how several of their ideas align, including the concept of "skin in the game," and his interest in having a conversation with Taleb)
- Why the hard-right / hard-left dichotomy is an imperfect, if practical way to navigate the complexity of our modern political environment
- How to raise your kids traditionally, without sheltering them (this is an answer to a reader question)
And much more.
How to connect with Jordan Peterson online:
- Jordanbpeterson.com
- The Self Authoring Suite
- 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaose
- The Psychological Significance of the Biblical Stories (on YouTube)
- Maps of Meaning lecture series (on YouTube)
Great quote from Jordan Peterson:
““Here's something you can do with your life: devote it to making everything you possibly can better, and see what happens. Tell the truth, aim high, and make things better - see where you can get with that.” - @jordanbpeterson
If you enjoyed today’s podcast, please leave a review on iTunes here. Thanks so much in advance for your support.
View more
