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In 2019 I sold my Xbox to buy a VIP ticket to meet & greet @jordanbpeterson.
I was allowed to ask him one question.
Here’s what I asked:
I was allowed to ask him one question.
Here’s what I asked:
Question:
You recommend over 100 books on your website, so I wanted to ask if you could apply the Pareto Principle to that list and share the 5 books that had the biggest influence on you?
Here's Jordan's answer...
You recommend over 100 books on your website, so I wanted to ask if you could apply the Pareto Principle to that list and share the 5 books that had the biggest influence on you?
Here's Jordan's answer...
1) The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
It likely isn’t a surprise for JBP fans to learn that Peterson ranked “The Gulag Archipelago” as the No. 1 book that influenced him. Peterson constantly shares stories from this book in his lectures. https://www.amazon.com/Gulag-Archipelago-Abridged-Experiment-Investigation/dp/0061253804
It likely isn’t a surprise for JBP fans to learn that Peterson ranked “The Gulag Archipelago” as the No. 1 book that influenced him. Peterson constantly shares stories from this book in his lectures. https://www.amazon.com/Gulag-Archipelago-Abridged-Experiment-Investigation/dp/0061253804
2) Crime and Punishment & The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Tie)
Peterson said “Crime and Punishment” along with “The Brothers Karamazov” by Fyodor Dostoevsky would tie for second place as the books that most influenced him. https://www.amazon.com/Crime-Punishment-Volokhonsky-Translation-Classics/dp/0679734503
Peterson said “Crime and Punishment” along with “The Brothers Karamazov” by Fyodor Dostoevsky would tie for second place as the books that most influenced him. https://www.amazon.com/Crime-Punishment-Volokhonsky-Translation-Classics/dp/0679734503
3) The Road To Wigan Pier by George Orwell
Although he didn’t add why this book influenced him, he has talked about it in his lectures and called it “A truly great book” in a Facebook post. https://www.amazon.com/Road-Wigan-Pier-George-Orwell/dp/0156767503
Although he didn’t add why this book influenced him, he has talked about it in his lectures and called it “A truly great book” in a Facebook post. https://www.amazon.com/Road-Wigan-Pier-George-Orwell/dp/0156767503
4) Affective Neuroscience by Jaak Panksepp
Peterson ranked “Affective Neuroscience” as number four and commented that it is the best book on neuroscience that he’s read. https://www.amazon.com/Affective-Neuroscience-Foundations-Emotions-Science/dp/019517805X
Peterson ranked “Affective Neuroscience” as number four and commented that it is the best book on neuroscience that he’s read. https://www.amazon.com/Affective-Neuroscience-Foundations-Emotions-Science/dp/019517805X
5) The Neuropsychology of Anxiety by Gray & McNaughton
Peterson said this book was fascinating but also incredibly dense. Even with Peterson’s background in psychology, he said it took him over 6 months to finish reading. https://www.amazon.com/Neuropsychology-Anxiety-Functions-Septo-Hippocampal-Psychology/dp/0198522711
Peterson said this book was fascinating but also incredibly dense. Even with Peterson’s background in psychology, he said it took him over 6 months to finish reading. https://www.amazon.com/Neuropsychology-Anxiety-Functions-Septo-Hippocampal-Psychology/dp/0198522711
That's all for now.
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PS: If you want to read more about my meeting with JBP, check out my article here: https://alexandbooks.com/archive/jordan-b-peterson-shares-the-5-books-that-had-the-biggest-influence-on-him
For more book recs, follow @AlexAndBooks_
PS: If you want to read more about my meeting with JBP, check out my article here: https://alexandbooks.com/archive/jordan-b-peterson-shares-the-5-books-that-had-the-biggest-influence-on-him
TL;DR
The 5 books that had the biggest impact on @jordanbpeterson:
1) The Gulag Archipelago
2) Crime and Punishment & The Brothers Karamazov (Tie)
3) The Road To Wigan Pier
4) Affective Neuroscience
5) The Neuropsychology of Anxiety
The 5 books that had the biggest impact on @jordanbpeterson:
1) The Gulag Archipelago
2) Crime and Punishment & The Brothers Karamazov (Tie)
3) The Road To Wigan Pier
4) Affective Neuroscience
5) The Neuropsychology of Anxiety
