Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

Dr. Jordan Peterson. The men who prefer short-term mating opportunities are psychopathic, narcissistic, Machiavellian, and sadistic. So one of the unintended consequences of the sexual revolution is that the freed-up women have been delivered to the psychopathic men. Most people who have post-traumatic stress disorder don't have it because they were hurt.

Dr. Jordan Peterson. The men who prefer short-term mating opportunities are psychopathic, narcissistic, Machiavellian, and sadistic. So one of the unintended consequences of the sexual revolution is that the freed-up women have been delivered to the psychopathic men. Most people who have post-traumatic stress disorder don't have it because they were hurt.

They have it because they encountered someone who wanted to hurt them. People can go through all sorts of horrible things and not be traumatized. You wait till you tangle with someone who's malevolent. Boy, you will not be the same person afterward. The dark tetrad males are differentially attractive to women, mostly younger and naive women.

They have it because they encountered someone who wanted to hurt them. People can go through all sorts of horrible things and not be traumatized. You wait till you tangle with someone who's malevolent. Boy, you will not be the same person afterward. The dark tetrad males are differentially attractive to women, mostly younger and naive women.

I'm looking forward to it, yeah, and I appreciate the invitation.

I'm looking forward to it, yeah, and I appreciate the invitation.

Well, I think some of that's actually a technical problem, and I think it's an extremely serious problem in our society. So we've... invented these new communication technologies, which we're utilizing now. The long-form discussions seem to be pretty radically on the positive side of that, I would say.

Well, I think some of that's actually a technical problem, and I think it's an extremely serious problem in our society. So we've... invented these new communication technologies, which we're utilizing now. The long-form discussions seem to be pretty radically on the positive side of that, I would say.

But the discourse on places like Twitter, Facebook, in comment sections and so forth, is pretty degenerate. And I think the reason for that is that the evolved mechanisms that we use in face-to-face real-world discourse have been stripped away in the electronic domain. And the problem with that is twofold.

But the discourse on places like Twitter, Facebook, in comment sections and so forth, is pretty degenerate. And I think the reason for that is that the evolved mechanisms that we use in face-to-face real-world discourse have been stripped away in the electronic domain. And the problem with that is twofold.

The first problem is the exploitative, sadistic psychopaths have free reign because they're not held responsible for their utterances. They're anonymous. They get rewarded for the propagation of their emotionally arousing material. The algorithms will capitalize on it. And that's a very toxic combination.

The first problem is the exploitative, sadistic psychopaths have free reign because they're not held responsible for their utterances. They're anonymous. They get rewarded for the propagation of their emotionally arousing material. The algorithms will capitalize on it. And that's a very toxic combination.

And then the anonymity as well, like we know perfectly well from a vast array of psychological experiences that normal people anonymized are much more likely to let the negative part of their character have free reign. And so I really see this as a technical problem is that Societies and psyches are always threatened by what they call the dark tetrad personality proclivities. Narcissism.

And then the anonymity as well, like we know perfectly well from a vast array of psychological experiences that normal people anonymized are much more likely to let the negative part of their character have free reign. And so I really see this as a technical problem is that Societies and psyches are always threatened by what they call the dark tetrad personality proclivities. Narcissism.

Machiavellianism, psychopathy, that's parasitical predatory, a parasitical predator is a psychopath, and sadism. And you have those impulses within you, and there are people who are primarily characterized by those motivations. We have evolved mechanisms for keeping that under control, but they're all dispensed within social media.

Machiavellianism, psychopathy, that's parasitical predatory, a parasitical predator is a psychopath, and sadism. And you have those impulses within you, and there are people who are primarily characterized by those motivations. We have evolved mechanisms for keeping that under control, but they're all dispensed within social media.

And so what seems to be happening is the dark tetrad types are hijacking the political discourse on the right and the left, polarizing and dividing and capitalizing on that. And it's catastrophic socially and psychologically, but they benefit from the ensuing chaos by attracting attention to themselves in a manner that's undeserved and counterproductive.

And so what seems to be happening is the dark tetrad types are hijacking the political discourse on the right and the left, polarizing and dividing and capitalizing on that. And it's catastrophic socially and psychologically, but they benefit from the ensuing chaos by attracting attention to themselves in a manner that's undeserved and counterproductive.

I think the danger in that is sufficient that it's civilization threatening. I mean, we can't underestimate the power of these electronically mediated communication networks. They're insanely powerful and they amplify people to a degree that's almost unimaginable. And so the manipulators and the bad actors have disproportionate influence.

I think the danger in that is sufficient that it's civilization threatening. I mean, we can't underestimate the power of these electronically mediated communication networks. They're insanely powerful and they amplify people to a degree that's almost unimaginable. And so the manipulators and the bad actors have disproportionate influence.