Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2018-11-29
Books mentioned on #1208 - Jordan Peterson
Jordan Peterson is a clinical psychologist and tenured professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. https://www.
Jordan Peterson recommended Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky, and discussed Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and Island by Aldous Huxley. Joe Rogan discussed 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Notes from Underground
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a foundational existential novella that explores the depths of human alienation, paradoxical free will, and psychological spite.
Recommended“dostoevsky knew this because when he wrote notes from underground which i would highly recommend to everyone who's listening it's a great book and it's a very short book”
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Brave New World
Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is a chilling dystopian masterpiece that envisions a technologically advanced future society sustained by pharmacological distraction, engineered conformity, and the systematic eradication of deep human emotion and critical thought.
Discussed“you know in in in uh brave new world in huxley's book it was considered immoral to reject anyone's sexual advances because it was prejudicial”
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Island
Island by Aldous Huxley is the author's final novel, presenting a utopian vision of a Pacific island society that integrates Eastern philosophy, psychedelic exploration, and sustainable community living.
Discussed“he wrote a book called island island was an island that was populated by had a lot of birds on it and the birds could talk and all they did was say pay attention to remind everybody on the island to pay attention all the time”
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12 Rules for Life
12 Rules for Life by Jordan B.
Discussed“i mean i just think it's i think what you wrote 12 rules to life we need rules”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“you know my book has been criticized by people who've read it very poorly especially chapter one when i talk about hierarchies”
“one of the things i wrote the um forward for the new version of of solzhenitsyn's gulag archipelago the abridged version it came out november 1st”
“I kind of wrote about that in 12 rules for life when you know because part of my advice in rule 5 was not to let your kids do anything that makes you dislike them”
“one of the things i wrote the um forward for the new version of of solzhenitsyn's gulag archipelago the abridged version it came out november 1st and i was trying to figure out why the russian revolution went wrong so rapidly”