Kidology | How PSYCHOLOGY TOOK OVER the modern world...or, An Analysis of Jordan B. Peterson @KidologyCO | Uploaded February 2022 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
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π PART ONE --- A short introduction to THE STORY OF JORDAN PETERSON
0:00 Maps (of Meaning) vs. (12) Rules (for Life)
1:43 *WREN SPONSORSHIP!*
4:48 5 BIOGRAPHICAL FACTS about Jordan Peterson
4:56 1οΈβ£ The Protestant Ethic (Jordan is raised Protestant)
9:51 2οΈβ£ Political Ideology (Jordan abandons religion; Jordan becomes political)
11:07 3οΈβ£ George Orwell (Jordan reads Orwell)
14:25 4οΈβ£ Psychology and Nightmares (Jordan begins to have apocalyptic nightmares and visions)
15:20 5οΈβ£ Order (Jordan is liberated from nihilism and despair via psychoanalysis)
π PART TWO --- The emergence and history of COMMERCIALISED PSYCHOLOGY (and how HUMAN EMOTIONS became a primary concern of capitalist productivity in the workplace)
17:20 Why Now? | Why is Jordan Peterson having such an impact at this present time? | What FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE, SIGMUND FREUD, and Jordan Peterson have in common
23:05 CONTENT WARNING --- A clip from a film highly influenced by Freudian psychoanalysis is used called 'The Piano Teacher' (2001) which some viewers may find disturbing
27:30 YOUNG MEN in modern society | What the more critical approach to history and morality has meant existentially for young (white) men
29:55 The FEMININE nature of psychology | PSYCHOANALYSIS and WOMEN
31:05 The MODERN ECONOMY and Jordan's fame
31:54 The example of AUTOMATION and the advancement of PSYCHOLOGY INTO THE PRIVATE SPHERE AND WORKPLACE | How CAPITALISTS USED PSYCHOLOGISTS to address the central FAILING OF THE ERA OF AUTOMATION | How psychologists were used by capitalists to increase PRODUCTIVITY IN THE WORKPLACE | HENRY FORD and THE ASSEMBLY LINE re. psychology and treating people as INDIVIDUALS | The PRIVATISATION OF PSYCHOLOGY | The realisation that humans are not RATIONAL CHOICE ACTORS but irrational EMOTIVE INDIVIDUALS
36:51 Mayo & Roethlisberger Experiments
π PART THREE --- The emergence of PSYCHOLOGICAL DISCOURSE
39:01 MERITOCRACY and COOPERATION in the modern workplace | COMMUNICATION as an EMOTIONAL SKILL | The emergence of PERSONALITY TESTS
41:00 The COMMUNICATIVE ETHOS | How FEMININE TRAITS took over the modern workplace
π PART FOUR --- How JORDAN PETERSON FILLS THE VOID left by COMMERCIALISED PSYCHOLOGY and THE PARADOXES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISCOURSE in the modern world (the void being a "CRISIS OF MASCULINITY")
43:40 Jordan as PROPHET
45:48 PSYCHOLOGISTS AS [MODERN] PRIESTS
46:31 How commercialised psychology ORGANISES INDIVIDUALS in the interest of the free market and productivity
47:35 How psychology makes us CONFESS
50:11 How JORDAN COMMUNICATES to his audience
π PART FIVE --- Psychologists as STORYTELLERS | Why PSYCHOLOGISTS CANNOT BE REFUTED (and why it's so hard to refute Jordan...even when he's wrong)
51:22 Why and how PSYCHOLOGY BOOMED in the 21ST CENTURY
53:44 PSYCHOTHERAPY and CRAFTING YOUR LIFE STORY | Accessing "THE TRUTH" of WHO YOU ARE
54:30 "THE TRUTH" = MENTAL HEALTH (in opposition to 'mental illness')
55:48 Peterson / Freud / Nietzsche as ARTISTS and storytellers | Psychologists needn't be right so long as they TELL A GOOD, MEANINGFUL STORY
56:41 Why psychologists cannot be refuted | Why psychologists can be wrong
π CONCLUSION --- And now we go full circle, back to THE BEGINNING...
58:51 Jordan's 5 BIOGRAPHICAL POINTS REVISITED
59:18 The EMOTIONAL URGENCY for a prophet like Jordan | The UNIVERSALITY of psychology
1:02:49 Jordan (and Nietzsche) identified RESENTMENT & VICTIMHOOD as the source of our MENTAL ILLNESS and social anomie
1:03:03 Become ZARATHUSTRA! | The ART OF STORYTELLING as inherent to psychology's success and dominance | THE INTERNET as key to psychology's dominance
1:07:34 Thank you for watching | THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS!
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Thank you so much for watching and for your time! Let me know your thoughts and opinions in the comments down below. I'd love to hear how Jordan Peterson has (or hasn't) impacted your life and thoughts on modern life.
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Offset your carbon footprint on Wren by using my special link: wren.co/start/kidology.
The first 100 people who sign up will have 10 extra trees planted in their name! π±
--- TIMESTAMPS ---
π PART ONE --- A short introduction to THE STORY OF JORDAN PETERSON
0:00 Maps (of Meaning) vs. (12) Rules (for Life)
1:43 *WREN SPONSORSHIP!*
4:48 5 BIOGRAPHICAL FACTS about Jordan Peterson
4:56 1οΈβ£ The Protestant Ethic (Jordan is raised Protestant)
9:51 2οΈβ£ Political Ideology (Jordan abandons religion; Jordan becomes political)
11:07 3οΈβ£ George Orwell (Jordan reads Orwell)
14:25 4οΈβ£ Psychology and Nightmares (Jordan begins to have apocalyptic nightmares and visions)
15:20 5οΈβ£ Order (Jordan is liberated from nihilism and despair via psychoanalysis)
π PART TWO --- The emergence and history of COMMERCIALISED PSYCHOLOGY (and how HUMAN EMOTIONS became a primary concern of capitalist productivity in the workplace)
17:20 Why Now? | Why is Jordan Peterson having such an impact at this present time? | What FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE, SIGMUND FREUD, and Jordan Peterson have in common
23:05 CONTENT WARNING --- A clip from a film highly influenced by Freudian psychoanalysis is used called 'The Piano Teacher' (2001) which some viewers may find disturbing
27:30 YOUNG MEN in modern society | What the more critical approach to history and morality has meant existentially for young (white) men
29:55 The FEMININE nature of psychology | PSYCHOANALYSIS and WOMEN
31:05 The MODERN ECONOMY and Jordan's fame
31:54 The example of AUTOMATION and the advancement of PSYCHOLOGY INTO THE PRIVATE SPHERE AND WORKPLACE | How CAPITALISTS USED PSYCHOLOGISTS to address the central FAILING OF THE ERA OF AUTOMATION | How psychologists were used by capitalists to increase PRODUCTIVITY IN THE WORKPLACE | HENRY FORD and THE ASSEMBLY LINE re. psychology and treating people as INDIVIDUALS | The PRIVATISATION OF PSYCHOLOGY | The realisation that humans are not RATIONAL CHOICE ACTORS but irrational EMOTIVE INDIVIDUALS
36:51 Mayo & Roethlisberger Experiments
π PART THREE --- The emergence of PSYCHOLOGICAL DISCOURSE
39:01 MERITOCRACY and COOPERATION in the modern workplace | COMMUNICATION as an EMOTIONAL SKILL | The emergence of PERSONALITY TESTS
41:00 The COMMUNICATIVE ETHOS | How FEMININE TRAITS took over the modern workplace
π PART FOUR --- How JORDAN PETERSON FILLS THE VOID left by COMMERCIALISED PSYCHOLOGY and THE PARADOXES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISCOURSE in the modern world (the void being a "CRISIS OF MASCULINITY")
43:40 Jordan as PROPHET
45:48 PSYCHOLOGISTS AS [MODERN] PRIESTS
46:31 How commercialised psychology ORGANISES INDIVIDUALS in the interest of the free market and productivity
47:35 How psychology makes us CONFESS
50:11 How JORDAN COMMUNICATES to his audience
π PART FIVE --- Psychologists as STORYTELLERS | Why PSYCHOLOGISTS CANNOT BE REFUTED (and why it's so hard to refute Jordan...even when he's wrong)
51:22 Why and how PSYCHOLOGY BOOMED in the 21ST CENTURY
53:44 PSYCHOTHERAPY and CRAFTING YOUR LIFE STORY | Accessing "THE TRUTH" of WHO YOU ARE
54:30 "THE TRUTH" = MENTAL HEALTH (in opposition to 'mental illness')
55:48 Peterson / Freud / Nietzsche as ARTISTS and storytellers | Psychologists needn't be right so long as they TELL A GOOD, MEANINGFUL STORY
56:41 Why psychologists cannot be refuted | Why psychologists can be wrong
π CONCLUSION --- And now we go full circle, back to THE BEGINNING...
58:51 Jordan's 5 BIOGRAPHICAL POINTS REVISITED
59:18 The EMOTIONAL URGENCY for a prophet like Jordan | The UNIVERSALITY of psychology
1:02:49 Jordan (and Nietzsche) identified RESENTMENT & VICTIMHOOD as the source of our MENTAL ILLNESS and social anomie
1:03:03 Become ZARATHUSTRA! | The ART OF STORYTELLING as inherent to psychology's success and dominance | THE INTERNET as key to psychology's dominance
1:07:34 Thank you for watching | THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS!
--- SOCIAL MEDIA ---
Twitter - @kidology_co
Instagram - kidology.co
Patreon - Kidology
Email me! - kidology.co@gmail.com
*I love hearing from you! If you'd rather not share in the comments or want to reach out to me directly or confidentially feel free to pop me an email at kidology.co@gmail.com. It will take me some time to respond - as I get a lot of emails! - but I will definitely read your email and will try to get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience!*
Thank you so much for watching and for your time! Let me know your thoughts and opinions in the comments down below. I'd love to hear how Jordan Peterson has (or hasn't) impacted your life and thoughts on modern life.
