Jordan Peterson filmography

That's how you can tell if someone's Ideologically Possessed, when they make everything attributable Show more That's how you can tell if someone's Ideologically Possessed, when they make everything attributable to one thing, like Power. Hide

It's no fun taming someone who's already tame. It's no fun taming someone who's already tame.

[BBC Interviewer: I'm no Expert...] But I am. [BBC Interviewer: I'm no Expert...] But I am.

The Right hasn't occupied the Social Sciences and the Humanities, and the Left clearly has. The stat Show more The Right hasn't occupied the Social Sciences and the Humanities, and the Left clearly has. The statistical evidence for that is overwhelming. Hide

You get to choose which bloody poison you take. That's it. You get to choose which bloody poison you take. That's it.

Political Correctness was formulated in the 1970s, an unholy marriage between Marxism and Post Moder Show more Political Correctness was formulated in the 1970s, an unholy marriage between Marxism and Post Modernism. Hide

I'm a Clinical Psychologist and if the people I'm seeing haven't broken the Universal Law, then you Show more I'm a Clinical Psychologist and if the people I'm seeing haven't broken the Universal Law, then you can bet the people around them have! Hide

Most of the things Social Psychologists measure don't exist. Most of the things Social Psychologists measure don't exist.

[roots of Communism] A reaction to life being unfair and tragic? Because it undoubtedly is! [roots of Communism] A reaction to life being unfair and tragic? Because it undoubtedly is!

I don't believe men can control crazy women. I don't believe men can control crazy women.

Darwinian Theory is that you don't have privileged knowledge of the World, and you can tell that bec Show more Darwinian Theory is that you don't have privileged knowledge of the World, and you can tell that because you die, and if you had enough knowledge you wouldn't. Hide

A Lion'll tear you apart, but you couldn't call that evil, it just wants to eat you. It sucks, that' Show more A Lion'll tear you apart, but you couldn't call that evil, it just wants to eat you. It sucks, that's for sure. Hide

Everything's a Social Construction for the Social Constructionists! Everything's a Social Construction for the Social Constructionists!

You really need to have respect for the rest of your citizens if your Country's not going to pull it Show more You really need to have respect for the rest of your citizens if your Country's not going to pull itself apart. Hide

It's something Kirkegaard used to say: "There will come a time when everything is so well done for e Show more It's something Kirkegaard used to say: "There will come a time when everything is so well done for everybody that the only felt lack will be for lack itself"! Hide

Parents tend to be older now, having fewer children, so that contributes to that hothouse environmen Show more Parents tend to be older now, having fewer children, so that contributes to that hothouse environment; if you have fewer children they're more valuable to you because you have no other chance. You probably had problems just having that one child to take the chance again. And also people have fewer siblings than they used to, and the thing about siblings is they keep you in your place. I mean, obviously that can get out of hand, like with the Story of Cain and Abel. Hide

["Notes from the Underground"] It's so psychologically alive, if you're interested in psychology it' Show more ["Notes from the Underground"] It's so psychologically alive, if you're interested in psychology it's a good book. Hide

It's a good estimate that the Russians killed 30 million of their own people. It's a good estimate that the Russians killed 30 million of their own people.

[on the LBGTQI movement] It's very well organized and had a tremendous amount of political and socio Show more [on the LBGTQI movement] It's very well organized and had a tremendous amount of political and sociological success in the last three decades. But now [2018] it's an activist bureaucracy with nowhere left to go. It's not going to just voluntarily dismantle itself. So now humanities departments at universities have become part of that activist bureaucracy. They have become completely dominated by radical leftists. It's Hide

The Artists get there before the Philosophers. The Artists get there before the Philosophers.

Frankl, because he was Existentially oriented, tried to draw a parallel between the individual's psy Show more Frankl, because he was Existentially oriented, tried to draw a parallel between the individual's psychology and the Mass Pathologies of the State. Hide

Predictors of success are IQ and conscientiousness. So we should remove the impediments on those peo Show more Predictors of success are IQ and conscientiousness. So we should remove the impediments on those people. Hide

My Boss yells at me, I yell at my Husband, my Husband yells at my Baby, my Baby bites the cat... My Boss yells at me, I yell at my Husband, my Husband yells at my Baby, my Baby bites the cat...

Isn't that dismal and wretched? But it's True! Isn't that dismal and wretched? But it's True!

[on why women rarely occupy the top echelon in the corporate world] If you want to occupy the C-suit Show more [on why women rarely occupy the top echelon in the corporate world] If you want to occupy the C-suite or the top 1% in any organization, you have to be excessively devoted to your career at the expense of everything else. And women look at that and they think, No. It's the men who are willing to be obsessive about their careers and work 80 hours a week nonstop and hyperefficiently. The hyperproductivity of a minority characterizes every domain where's there's creative production. And almost all of the hyperproductive people are men. Hide

I'm a Good Person!" Is that the drug? A more psychoanalytically inclined answer would be that the Ha Show more I'm a Good Person!" Is that the drug? A more psychoanalytically inclined answer would be that the Hate, the excuse for Dominance is the Drug. It's like "I've got a channel for my worst impulses, and I don't even have to notice it, because of my Mask of Virtue! Hide

[Genesis gleaning, Sociopathy] As soon as you know what hurts you, you know what hurts [others]. [Genesis gleaning, Sociopathy] As soon as you know what hurts you, you know what hurts [others].

If a hole appears in one of their Axioms of Faith then all this complexity starts rushing up, and it Show more If a hole appears in one of their Axioms of Faith then all this complexity starts rushing up, and it's overwhelming. Hide

What you don't understand is that if you don't have a family and children by the time you are 40, yo Show more What you don't understand is that if you don't have a family and children by the time you are 40, you are one lost soul. Hide

You think the Right and Left can talk to each other? You think they speak the same Language? You think the Right and Left can talk to each other? You think they speak the same Language?

Most of Freud's patients were trying to get out of the clutches of their family. Most of Freud's patients were trying to get out of the clutches of their family.

Part of the core information that I've been purveying is that Identity Politics is a sick game. The Show more Part of the core information that I've been purveying is that Identity Politics is a sick game. The left plays it on behalf of the oppressed, let's say, and the right plays it on behalf of nationalism and ethnic pride. I think they're equally dangerous. The correct game, as far as I'm concerned, is one where you focus on your individual life and try to take responsibility for your actions. Hide

I never have anyone in my Therapy Practise whose parents made them too independent. I never have anyone in my Therapy Practise whose parents made them too independent.

It's easier to make a Functional Organisation Worse than it is to make a Disfunctional Organisation Show more It's easier to make a Functional Organisation Worse than it is to make a Disfunctional Organisation Better. Hide

Something I think has been destabilizing Society over the last 25-30 years is that kids have not bee Show more Something I think has been destabilizing Society over the last 25-30 years is that kids have not been encouraged to play enough. Because this Identity Stuff is delayed Fantasy Play. Because that's what you do when you're 7! "I'm going to be this Identity, you're going to be that Identity!" Hide

[Scandinavia] To strive for Equality of Outcome is a Fool's Game. [Scandinavia] To strive for Equality of Outcome is a Fool's Game.

That was Freud's observation: a lot of Psychopathology is rooted in the Family. That was Freud's observation: a lot of Psychopathology is rooted in the Family.

You know if someone's Ideologically Possessed if they can't tell you something no-one else would tel Show more You know if someone's Ideologically Possessed if they can't tell you something no-one else would tell you... Solzhenitsyn would meet people in the Gulag under the sway of Communism and he would say it was like they had a crank on their head, you'd crank it and out would come the Ideology. Carl Jung said People don't have Ideas, Ideas have People. Hide

If you've blinded yourself to half of the world you can't orient yourself properly If you've blinded yourself to half of the world you can't orient yourself properly

Jung said "What you most need to know will be where you least want to look." Because you've never lo Show more Jung said "What you most need to know will be where you least want to look." Because you've never looked there! Hide

The best way to develop PTSD is to be really, really naïve and then go somewhere horrible. The best way to develop PTSD is to be really, really naïve and then go somewhere horrible.

I think it is necessary for human beings to feel some affinity for the Power Structures that they fi Show more I think it is necessary for human beings to feel some affinity for the Power Structures that they find themselves in. Hide

It's not safe to speak, but it's even less safe not to. It's not safe to speak, but it's even less safe not to.

Did you ever see my left foot? That's a great movie. Did you ever see my left foot? That's a great movie.