The book of exodus is a story about, i wouldsay it's a story about many things. The entire story is a metaphor for psychological transformation. You move from a tyranny, and it's brilliant just on the surface. But if you've ever popped out of a system that was maybe somewhat tyrannical, you might think long and hard about the fact that you can spend forty years in the desert. There's tremendous pining for the good old days when the tyrannical structure that you once inhabited gave your life structure and meaning.
Jordan Peterson joins Tyler to discuss collecting Soviet propaganda, why he’s so drawn to Jung, what the Exodus story can teach us about current events, his marriage and fame, what the Intellectual Dark Web gets wrong, immigration in America and Canada, his tendency towards depression, Tinder’s revolutionary nature, the lessons from The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, fixing universities, the skills needed to become a good educator, and much more.
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Recorded January 27th, 2019 Other ways to connect