210. Progress of the Human Race, Part 2

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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🗓️ 16 December 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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This is part two of our investigation into the Progress of the Human Race, and we would like to restate our goal here. All the mainstream media ever talk about is how the world’s in dire straits, how we’re going in an irreversible direction, and how it’s all our fault. We explored this narrative in depth in season 4 of the podcast. And we’d like to promote an alternative narrative–one where, in almost every direction you look, you find progress at a rate that, for most of history, would sound like sci-fi. This episode, part two, once again heavily features Marian Tupy, dad’s guest on episode 14 of the current podcast season. Marian is a senior fellow at Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity and co-authored the incredible book “Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know,” which I’m sure many of you will know. Also featured in this episode are Michael Shellenberger, Dr. Saifedean Ammous, Viscount Matt Ridley, Steven Pinker, and Bjorn Lomborg.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Jordan B Peterson podcast season for episode 67. I'm Michaela Peterson.
0:06.4	Brief update. We just finished filming two courses with dad in Nashville for Peterson Academy, a new project that will be unveiled soon.
0:16.6	It's gonna be big.
0:18.2	Also kind of exciting news. I have a solo show in Nashville on January 20th.
0:23.1	If any of you guys are around Nashville and have any interest in coming to see me,
0:28.6	it's a Q&A thought I'd throw it on here. Just type in Michaela Peterson and Zane Zane Zane Zane IS.
0:36.3	And it'll pop up on Google. There's still some tickets left. There are also tickets left to dad's show in a bunch of cities.
0:44.4	Most of them are sold out, which is crazy. Next year is going to be amazingly fun.
0:50.5	This episode is part two of our investigation into the progress of the human race.
0:55.2	The mainstream media really only talks about how the world is in dire straits, how we're going in an irreversible direction, and how it's all our fault.
1:04.4	We explored this narrative in depth in season four of the podcast.
1:07.8	And we'd like to promote an alternative narrative, one where in almost every direction you look,
1:13.5	you find progress at a rate that for most of history would sound like sci-fi.
1:18.2	This episode part two, once again heavily features Marion Toobie, dad's guest on episode 14 of the current podcast season.
1:26.0	Marion is a senior fellow at Cato's Institute Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity,
1:31.4	and co-authored the incredible book, Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know.
1:36.8	Also featured in this episode are Michael Schellenberger, Dr. Safedine Amos, Matt Ridley, Stephen Pinker, and Bjorn Lomborg.
1:45.1	Once again, there are legitimate reasons to be concerned. There's still plenty of room for improvement in society, democracy, etc.
1:51.9	But overall, the data are un-nimal. In nearly every dimension of our lives, the rate of progress is unheard of.
1:59.1	I hope you enjoy this episode.
2:01.1	Before we dive in, I want to talk about investment portfolios.
2:05.5	I recently learned that top earners allocate around 20% of their wealth into just one asset class.
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