He has an excellent turn of phrase, and he's unsparing when it comes to the problems of what he called 'the postmodern left' back in 2016 or so and we now know as 'woke.' If concision's what you're after while still steering clear of 'Jordan Peterson DESTROYS xyz' type videos that I'm sure you'll have seen plenty of, all heat and no ligh…
He has an excellent turn of phrase, and he's unsparing when it comes to the problems of what he called 'the postmodern left' back in 2016 or so and we now know as 'woke.' If concision's what you're after while still steering clear of 'Jordan Peterson DESTROYS xyz' type videos that I'm sure you'll have seen plenty of, all heat and no light, 12 Rules For Life is probably your best bet. If you have a bit more time to invest, I'd recommend checking out his series of lectures on the psychological significance of Genesis: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f-wWBGo6a2w (fair warning they are LONG and really quite engrossing, at least they were for me).
I'll go for the Genesis video. I'm more theology than self-help, and a Bible commentary series by an agnostic shrink strikes me as an interesting premise.
Iain McGilchrist's work in evolutionary psychology is probably far more rewarding than Peterson's, but McGilchrist's audience is more specialized.
McGilchrist uses cognitive science to prove that "religion" is part of cultural evolution (survival adaptations), and that dehumanization becomes pervasive without the kind of meaning (and INHIBITION* of anti-social behavior) that religion provides. (gross oversimplification).
* McGilchrist's research indicates that INHIBITION of anti-social personality was a major feature in the evolution of "modern" humans 100,000s of years ago, along with language and intense social bonding/cooperation for enhanced survival.
After the Bronze Age collapse, mythic-contemplative religion became a "software upgrade" that added even more cultural INHIBITION of anti-social, non-cooperative personalities in agrarian city-states for survival as they were attacked by nomadic marauders (and other city-states/empires).
He has an excellent turn of phrase, and he's unsparing when it comes to the problems of what he called 'the postmodern left' back in 2016 or so and we now know as 'woke.' If concision's what you're after while still steering clear of 'Jordan Peterson DESTROYS xyz' type videos that I'm sure you'll have seen plenty of, all heat and no light, 12 Rules For Life is probably your best bet. If you have a bit more time to invest, I'd recommend checking out his series of lectures on the psychological significance of Genesis: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f-wWBGo6a2w (fair warning they are LONG and really quite engrossing, at least they were for me).
I'll go for the Genesis video. I'm more theology than self-help, and a Bible commentary series by an agnostic shrink strikes me as an interesting premise.
Iain McGilchrist's work in evolutionary psychology is probably far more rewarding than Peterson's, but McGilchrist's audience is more specialized.
McGilchrist uses cognitive science to prove that "religion" is part of cultural evolution (survival adaptations), and that dehumanization becomes pervasive without the kind of meaning (and INHIBITION* of anti-social behavior) that religion provides. (gross oversimplification).
https://rebelwisdom.substack.com/p/can-iain-mcgilchrist-reunite-science
* McGilchrist's research indicates that INHIBITION of anti-social personality was a major feature in the evolution of "modern" humans 100,000s of years ago, along with language and intense social bonding/cooperation for enhanced survival.
After the Bronze Age collapse, mythic-contemplative religion became a "software upgrade" that added even more cultural INHIBITION of anti-social, non-cooperative personalities in agrarian city-states for survival as they were attacked by nomadic marauders (and other city-states/empires).