Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2022-01-31
Books mentioned on 222. Needle Points | Norman Doidge
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Jordan Peterson discussed The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge. Norman Doidge discussed The Truth About the Drug Companies by Marcia Angell, Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre, and On Liberty by John Stuart Mill.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Brain That Changes Itself
Discussed“he's the author of the brain that changes itself and is currently a contributing writer for tablet magazine”
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The Truth About the Drug Companies
Discussed“at the time in her 2004 book the truth about drug companies how they deceive us and what to do about it”
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Bad Pharma
Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre is an investigative critique of the pharmaceutical industry, exposing how clinical trial data is manipulated and adverse effects are hidden from the public.
Discussed“physician ben goldacre of oxford university published bad pharma in which he explored fraud settlements for pharmaceutical companies”
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On Liberty
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill is a foundational 19th-century philosophical essay that defends the liberty of the individual against the absolute power of the state and societal conformity.
Discussed“it moved him to write his great plea for free speech in on liberty”
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“he wrote the introduction to 12 rules of life”