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303. iGen: Narcissism and Neuroticism | Dr. Jean Twenge

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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The Self-Esteem Movement and Neuroticism

The self-esteem movement was predicated on the idea that people high in neuroticism had low self-esteem, which I don't think was true at all. It's more around accepting difference and accepting people for who they are. So what about while you said that the eye-gen people, they're not watching the news, the news is dead. That centralizing ability that the nightly news had to broadcast a similar message in some sense to everyone in bolster identity has disappeared too.

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