Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

This is why I have sympathy, let's say, for people like Mark Zuckerberg and for Elon Musk sort of equally, even though they're not necessarily on the same side of the political spectrum. It's like Zuckerberg gets hauled to Congress and raked over the coals. But it isn't like as if we can assume that he knows how to solve this problem because the psychopathic parasite problem is really, really old.

This is why I have sympathy, let's say, for people like Mark Zuckerberg and for Elon Musk sort of equally, even though they're not necessarily on the same side of the political spectrum. It's like Zuckerberg gets hauled to Congress and raked over the coals. But it isn't like as if we can assume that he knows how to solve this problem because the psychopathic parasite problem is really, really old.

And those sorts of people are very good at manipulating communication networks. And there's no reason to assume that some of them aren't equally good in the new technologies. And Musk's approach is something like a radical free speech approach. But I just sat with one of my friends here, actually, this morning. This is Greg Hurwitz I was telling you about.

And those sorts of people are very good at manipulating communication networks. And there's no reason to assume that some of them aren't equally good in the new technologies. And Musk's approach is something like a radical free speech approach. But I just sat with one of my friends here, actually, this morning. This is Greg Hurwitz I was telling you about.

And he's done some forensic investigations, first of all, indicating how much of the troll activity on social media networks is funded by international actors. Iran topping the list, let's say, which is, you know, unbelievably horrible. And then how much of the pathological content is generated by a very small number of bad actors with disproportionate influence.

And he's done some forensic investigations, first of all, indicating how much of the troll activity on social media networks is funded by international actors. Iran topping the list, let's say, which is, you know, unbelievably horrible. And then how much of the pathological content is generated by a very small number of bad actors with disproportionate influence.

You know, 20 bad actors on Twitter, like seriously malevolent people who are working to cause trouble full time. They can punch way above their weight, way above their weight. Not good.

You know, 20 bad actors on Twitter, like seriously malevolent people who are working to cause trouble full time. They can punch way above their weight, way above their weight. Not good.

Well, the cluster B psychopathologies are notoriously resistant to psychotherapeutic intervention. I mean, first of all, this kind of goes back to the discussion of pride.

Well, the cluster B psychopathologies are notoriously resistant to psychotherapeutic intervention. I mean, first of all, this kind of goes back to the discussion of pride.

They're very unlikely to come for counseling because, and if they do, they're the sort of people, and I'm dead serious about this, they're likely to announce themselves as the sort of person that the therapist is very lucky to be interacting with. That there's no doubt that this will be at least as advantageous for the therapist as for the client.

They're very unlikely to come for counseling because, and if they do, they're the sort of people, and I'm dead serious about this, they're likely to announce themselves as the sort of person that the therapist is very lucky to be interacting with. That there's no doubt that this will be at least as advantageous for the therapist as for the client.

And that they're the sort of special person who has graced this office with their presence. And that's not a word of exaggeration. I had some pretty... pretty unpleasant child molesting psychopaths, for example, in my clinical practice. And the one that I remember most particularly was unbelievably good at putting himself forward as a pillar of the devoted, misunderstood pillar of the community.

And that they're the sort of special person who has graced this office with their presence. And that's not a word of exaggeration. I had some pretty... pretty unpleasant child molesting psychopaths, for example, in my clinical practice. And the one that I remember most particularly was unbelievably good at putting himself forward as a pillar of the devoted, misunderstood pillar of the community.

Like it was just his constant refrain, absolutely unteachable and antisocial personality is notoriously resistant to psychotherapeutic intervention. It's the same with histrionic, borderline, narcissistic,

Like it was just his constant refrain, absolutely unteachable and antisocial personality is notoriously resistant to psychotherapeutic intervention. It's the same with histrionic, borderline, narcissistic,

it's very it's unbelievably stable personality trait what's your aim and potential target with an individual like that like where could your practice even take well what i did try when i had those people and that was often court mandated and i would never i think court mandated psychotherapy is a contradiction in terms because you have to come there voluntarily for it to work

it's very it's unbelievably stable personality trait what's your aim and potential target with an individual like that like where could your practice even take well what i did try when i had those people and that was often court mandated and i would never i think court mandated psychotherapy is a contradiction in terms because you have to come there voluntarily for it to work

My approach with people like that was to appeal to something like their more extended self-interest, which would be, well, I don't know if you noticed there, buddy, but your constant interference with children has decimated your marriage and your family, and you've been in prison for it, and people are on to you. And so a wise narcissistic psychopath might tone it down a bit, but

My approach with people like that was to appeal to something like their more extended self-interest, which would be, well, I don't know if you noticed there, buddy, but your constant interference with children has decimated your marriage and your family, and you've been in prison for it, and people are on to you. And so a wise narcissistic psychopath might tone it down a bit, but