📚 3 Books mentioned in "Episode 500: What a Long Strange Trip it's Been | Dave Rubin" of The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

You wouldn't have had to have written '12 Rules for Life' had the system been operating properly. That's the point; you would think in the year 2000 when you wrote it, or 2017, or 16, whatever it was, that had the world actually been operating as it should have with all the advancements of humanity, it would not be necessary to say things that are self-evident.

Dr. Peterson mentions his book, *12 Rules for Life*, arguing that its necessity highlights failures in societal norms.

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So I was thinking about this in relationship to Dawkins' theory of The Selfish Gene; it's like the implication of The Selfish Gene is that reproduction takes privacy and that there's no difference between reproduction and sex. But that's not true; there's a big difference between reproduction and sex, especially among human beings because we're high-investment parents.

Dr. Peterson discusses Richard Dawkins’ *The Selfish Gene*, examining how its implications on reproduction differ from his own understanding of human parenting.

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So my wife and I are going back out on tour for my new book, 'We Who Wrestle with God.' I'm going to be walking through a variety of biblical stories.

Dr. Peterson announces his new book, *We Who Wrestle with God*, and discusses his upcoming tour to promote the book, which will delve into various biblical stories.

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