In this lecture, I make the case that we each inhabit a story, describing where we are, where we are going, and the actions we must undertake to get from the former to the latter. These inhabited stories are predicated on an underlying value system (as we must want to be where we are going more than we value where we are). In addition, they are frames of ref ... Show More
Aug 30
How To Become Someone People Rely On
What does the way your attention moves across a crowded restaurant have to do with why civilizations collapse? In this lecture, Jordan Peterson opens where you’d least expect a talk about God to begin—with Richard Dawkins, a problem in cognitive science, and the uncomfortable fac ... Show More
1h 20m
Aug 16
Why Being Nice Is Destroying Your Family
What does a punk rock concert full of sneering nihilists have to do with the oldest question about how to live? In this lecture, the final numbers of a long tour, Jordan Peterson begins somewhere unexpected: a Ramones show decades ago, where a room full of people who claimed life ... Show More
1h 44m
Jun 2016
TLS #148: A Lively Adventure – How I’m Using My Values-Based Intention in My Life & Travels
This week I’d like to share how I’ve used my two newest Values in my life and travels to give me a sense of direction and clarity over the past month. Though there are still tons of unknowns in my life, like where I’m going to live, when I’ll come back to the states, or […]
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26m 43s
Oct 2022
Foundations 1: Seeing the Generative Story of Our Time
The first of four short offerings, more wisdom practice than podcast: life-giving, hope-generating words, ideas and practices that can literally shape your experience of reality — and shape what can become possible. At this juncture in the life of the world, we are all stretching ... Show More
7m 15s
Aug 2025
Author or Victim: You Decide
Some people are trapped, not by chains, but by the stories they keep telling themselves. Stories that protect their dysfunction, excuse their pain, and hold them back from change. This speech is a raw reminder that you are not your past—you are the author of your future. The pen ... Show More
2m 18s
Jun 2008
2007 Lecture 1: Starting in the middle
Our topic is a subject's knowledge of his own phenomenal experience and of the content of his thought, but I will approach the topic from the outside, treating the subject as an object in the world. The first lecture will characterize, in a general way, this externalist strategy, ... Show More
55 m