Jordan Peterson || Wonder, Creativity, and the Personality of Political Correctness
The Psychology Podcast
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4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2018
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Today we have Dr. Jordan Peterson on the podcast. Dr. Peterson has taught mythology to lawyers, doctors and business people, consulted for the UN Secretary General, helped his clinical clients manage depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety, and schizophrenia, served as an adviser to senior partners of major Canadian law firms, and lectured extensively in North America and Europe. With his students and colleagues at Harvard and the University of Toronto, Dr. Peterson has published over a hundred scientific papers. Dr. Peterson is also author of two books: Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief and 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, which is a #1 bestseller.
In this wide-ranging conversation we discuss the following topics:
– Why “learned irrelevance” is incredibly important
– Why creativity requires keeping a childlike wonder
– How hallucinogens clear the “doors of perception”
– The “shared vulnerability” model of the creativity-mental illness connection
– The neuroscience of openness to experience
– The personality of personal correctness
– The practical implications of gender differences
– The function of the state in helping to make sure there is equality of individual expression
– How agreeableness and conscientiousness orient us differently in the social world
– The difference between pathological altruism and genuine compassion
– The link between pathological altruism and vulnerable narcissism
– The difference between responsibility and culpability
– How to help people take responsibility and make their lives better
Links
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Jordan Peterson- What the State is For
Jordan Peterson- Future Authoring Program
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Psychology Podcast, where we give you insights into the mind, brain, behavior, and creativity. |
| 0:13.8 | I'm Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, and in each episode I have a conversation |
| 0:17.5 | with a guest who will stimulate your mind |
| 0:19.5 | and give you a greater understanding of yourself, others, |
| 0:22.2 | and the world we live in. |
| 0:23.4 | Thanks for listening and enjoy the podcast. |
| 0:27.0 | Today we have Dr. Jordan Peterson on the podcast. Dr. Peterson is a psychologist who has taught |
| 0:36.4 | mythology to lawyers, doctors, and business people. Consulted for the UN Secretary General, |
| 0:42.1 | helped his clinical clients manage depression, |
| 0:44.6 | obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety, and schizophrenia, |
| 0:48.1 | served as an advisor to senior partners |
| 0:50.1 | of major Canadian law firms |
| 0:51.6 | and lectured extensively in North America and Europe. |
| 0:54.8 | With his students and colleagues at Harvard and the University of Toronto, Dr. Pearson has |
| 0:58.7 | published over a hundred scientific papers. |
| 1:01.5 | Dr. Pearson is also author of two books, Maps of Meaning, The Architecture of Belief, |
| 1:06.0 | and 12 Rules for Life, an Anadotte to Chaos, which is a number one bestseller. |
| 1:11.0 | Jordan, great to chat with you today. |
| 1:13.0 | Hey, thanks for the invitation. |
| 1:15.0 | Yeah, as we were saying just back channel before we started, it's nice to finally like see you and talk to you. |
| 1:19.6 | We've been in touch for a while and published a paper on creativity. |
| 1:23.4 | And I should give you even further context, |
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