Book · 1996 · Birth order
Born to Rebel
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He wrote a book in 1996, highly recommend it, called Born to Rebel, where he looked at the 28 most radical scientific innovations in the history of human thought.
Gad Saad · The Joe Rogan Experience · Aug 2015 Listen at 1:00:03 What they say about it
- Highly recommends the book“highly recommend it”2
The best things said about it
The original theory comes from Frank Sulloway who's a historian of science who wrote a book which I highly recommend to all your viewers. It's a it's a bit technical but you can get through it. It's called Born to Rebel.
Gad Saad The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · Sep 2024 Born to Rebel was was torn apart by some scientists.
The book is titled Born to Rebel. And you'll see in a second how I'm going to tie it to the big five.
Gad Saad The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Jun 2025 He ended up writing a book in 1996 called Born to Rebel colon birth order family Dynamics and creative lives and he did his own meta-analysis of all of these studies that are out there.
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Why people recommend it
Born to Rebel by Frank J. Sulloway is a notable psychological and historical study exploring how birth order influences radical scientific innovations and personality traits. The book received strong recommendations from Gad Saad on both The Diary Of A CEO and The Joe Rogan Experience, where he praised the text as a technical yet accessible examination of the twenty-eight most radical scientific innovations in human history and connected the author's theories to the big five personality traits on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast. The book was also discussed on Stuff You Should Know in an episode about birth order effects. During the segment, Josh Clark noted that while Sulloway made a major splash with the 1996 publication and conducted an extensive meta-analysis of family dynamics and creative lives, the book also faced sharp criticism from scientists who dismissed portions of the work as pure pop psychology tripe. The show's host similarly acknowledged the breadth of Sulloway's meta-analysis regarding family dynamics and creative lives, showcasing the polarizing impact the text continues to hold within scientific and psychological circles regarding the true significance of sibling birth order.
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Gad Saad The original theory comes from Frank Sulloway who's a historian of science who wrote a book which I highly… 3
“The book is titled Born to Rebel. And you'll see in a second how I'm going to tie it to the big five.”
“The original theory comes from Frank Sulloway who's a historian of science who wrote a book which I highly recommend to all your viewers. It's a it's a bit technical but you can get through it. It's called Born to Rebel.”
“He wrote a book in 1996, highly recommend it, called Born to Rebel, where he looked at the 28 most radical scientific innovations in the history of human thought.”
Josh Clark And there was one guy in particular um who made a big splash in 1996 with a book called Born to Rebel. Yeah… 2
“And there was one guy in particular um who made a big splash in 1996 with a book called Born to Rebel. Yeah. Soloway. Yeah. Frank Soloway. Frank J. Soloway if you want to be fancy about it.”
“Born to Rebel was was torn apart by some scientists. It's like this is just pure pop psychology tripe.”
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“and he ended up writing a book in 1996 called Born to Rebel colon birth order family Dynamics and creative lives and he did his own meta-analysis of all of these studies that are out there”
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“so um born to Rebel -- was a rebel I've been wanting to say that the whole time okay um it should be e-l-l-e really if you think about it”