Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

They have it because they encountered someone who wanted to hurt them, right? And so it was that glimpse of that malevolence that fractured them. People can go through all sorts of horrible things and not be traumatized. You know, a terrible illness, terrible pain, an accident. You wait till you tangle with someone who's malevolent.

They have it because they encountered someone who wanted to hurt them, right? And so it was that glimpse of that malevolence that fractured them. People can go through all sorts of horrible things and not be traumatized. You know, a terrible illness, terrible pain, an accident. You wait till you tangle with someone who's malevolent.

Boy, you will not be the same person afterward, assuming you manage to put yourself back together at all. So this is not... And it's many of those people too that have free reign online. It's not a good thing. You brought up identity.

Boy, you will not be the same person afterward, assuming you manage to put yourself back together at all. So this is not... And it's many of those people too that have free reign online. It's not a good thing. You brought up identity.

That's what stories, by the way, that's a good observation. I mean, one of the things I've realized and one of the themes that is developed in this new book is the notion that, so when you're introduced to someone, you'll tell them a story about who you are. So you describe your identity. A story is a description of that implicit identity that you described, right?

That's what stories, by the way, that's a good observation. I mean, one of the things I've realized and one of the themes that is developed in this new book is the notion that, so when you're introduced to someone, you'll tell them a story about who you are. So you describe your identity. A story is a description of that implicit identity that you described, right?

So, you see the world through a structure of identity. That doesn't mean you know what that is, as you pointed out. When you tell a story about yourself, what you're trying to do is to approximate, you're trying to encapsulate that implicit identity into something that's communicable. And then something that also becomes explicitly understandable to you. This is partly what dreams do. So...

So, you see the world through a structure of identity. That doesn't mean you know what that is, as you pointed out. When you tell a story about yourself, what you're trying to do is to approximate, you're trying to encapsulate that implicit identity into something that's communicable. And then something that also becomes explicitly understandable to you. This is partly what dreams do. So...

In the dream, your implicit identity reveals itself, but not entirely coherently and not entirely verbally. If you take a dream and you interpret it, if you have the good fortune to be able to manage that and maybe some help, you're moving the information that's part of your implicit identity upward into something that's more explicitly recognized.

In the dream, your implicit identity reveals itself, but not entirely coherently and not entirely verbally. If you take a dream and you interpret it, if you have the good fortune to be able to manage that and maybe some help, you're moving the information that's part of your implicit identity upward into something that's more explicitly recognized.

Like what you'd hope is that what you're actually pursuing pre-consciously or unconsciously, is mapped very well by your self-description, right? Because then you're a person that has a certain degree of integrity. Who you think you are and who you are are the same thing. That's an optimal situation.

Like what you'd hope is that what you're actually pursuing pre-consciously or unconsciously, is mapped very well by your self-description, right? Because then you're a person that has a certain degree of integrity. Who you think you are and who you are are the same thing. That's an optimal situation.

That's the pursuit of something like integrity, say, in moral development, maybe in psychotherapy, in a relationship that's positive and productive. It's all moving towards that end. And it's very useful to understand that what stories do is stories are the manner in which implicit identity makes itself explicit.

That's the pursuit of something like integrity, say, in moral development, maybe in psychotherapy, in a relationship that's positive and productive. It's all moving towards that end. And it's very useful to understand that what stories do is stories are the manner in which implicit identity makes itself explicit.

And so the biblical stories, for example, are part of the process, the historical process by which the developing morality of individuals as they become more complexly civilized reveals itself to those cultures and to the participants. It's a dynamic process. And it's much better to understand the stories that way.

And so the biblical stories, for example, are part of the process, the historical process by which the developing morality of individuals as they become more complexly civilized reveals itself to those cultures and to the participants. It's a dynamic process. And it's much better to understand the stories that way.

You know, the atheist types tend to parody belief in God, say, as belief in something like the great genie in the sky, the sky daddy, I think, the benevolent sky daddy, which is the terminology that people like Richard Dawkins use. But that's a very... It's a dismissive parody of the

You know, the atheist types tend to parody belief in God, say, as belief in something like the great genie in the sky, the sky daddy, I think, the benevolent sky daddy, which is the terminology that people like Richard Dawkins use. But that's a very... It's a dismissive parody of the

It's not a reasonable approach because the realm of religious conceptualization is far more sophisticated than that parody would indicate. Like, I mean, let's take the idea that the divine reveals itself as the call of adventure. Well, this is a serious idea to contend with.

It's not a reasonable approach because the realm of religious conceptualization is far more sophisticated than that parody would indicate. Like, I mean, let's take the idea that the divine reveals itself as the call of adventure. Well, this is a serious idea to contend with.