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Dec 2023
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404. A Podcast About the End of the Worl...

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with historian and author Niall Ferguson. They discuss the historical and deeply mythological precedent of world-ending narratives, how the global doomsday ethos abdicates local responsibility while empowering the elite class, the out-of-control gigantism plaguing our administrative states today, and how we might strive to de ... Show More
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