Jordan Peterson: Instagram hyper-users are 'psychopathic and narcissistic'

Clinical psychologist and public intellectual Dr Jordan Peterson says social media “enables female anti-social” behaviour.
"Female hyper users of Instagram are also sadistic, Machiavellian, psychopathic, and narcissistic, and they optimise for short-term mating strategy, so they’re promiscuous,” he told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
“Anti-social people, broadly speaking, have more sexual partners, they start engaging in sex earlier, they’re more callus in their utilisation of themselves than others."

[@anthonyreed480]

A friend of mine has over 4 million instagram followers. We caught up for a drink/dinner a few months back, first time in around a year. Totally different person, and quite bizarre actually. Turned up already wasted, blamed it on social anxiety, then proceeded to humble-brag about brands and things I could not care less about. People change of course but this person, who portrayed a glam life online, was an absolute social and emotional wreck. My perception was that their online persona had eaten into their real life personality, until there was nothing left. It really was like talking to a bot in human form.

[@endlesslove4480]

A modern day horror story.

[@danvez5656]

You're describing a worrying percentage of young people. I got rid of most social media, I now only have KZbin, I haven't had Facebook in over 4 Years, never had Instagram or any of the other ones. Once you escape it it's far easier to see the impact on everyone around you. Most people are fucking absent these days, they are in the room but glued to their phone, just scrolling through the same old shit etc. It's actually really sad.

[@patray162]

That's eerie. And a shame. I had a longtime friend who seemed to undergo a similar, though less detrimental, personality/mood change shortly after joining a sorority. (I have plenty of other friends who went that route and no odd changes; I don't know why it happened with her.) It was like a sweet, funny kitten with a tiny bit of attitude went in; and a materialistic, highly judgmental, "shwasted" flirt of a diva-bot came out. The newfound superiority was the most shocking part not only because her true personality was so sweet, but also because the changes happened within a social echo-chamber and were actually rather cringe from the outside... I'm mentioning this because later, a couple years after college, I got an invite from a mutual friend to have dinner the three of us. I agreed because she was such an old friend, otherwise it was odd because none of her old friends had heard from her in years, she'd even ghosted her childhood best friend on her wedding RSVP. But she had turned back into her former self again, seriously like Jekyll had slipped back into Hyde's place and Hyde was gone without a single trace. I kept wondering, uhhh are we going to talk about Hyde though, or just pretend a magician or some sh*t was interfering with our friendship the last few years? To this day it's one of the weirdest feeling social interactions I've had--we never spoke a word about her personality changes and "disappearance" but I know her well enough to be sure that it was on her mind too. I'm glad I just savored that night having her "back", because she died unexpectedly 4 months later at 26 and it was the last time any of us childhood friends saw her. So just know, there might be a chance of them coming back to you in human form, depending on how their situation pans out...I suppose in my friend's case, she had somehow landed back in reality after graduating and moving away to start her a fancy job with a new social group. If it's a very close friendship, that might be worth keeping in mind!

[@VaelVictus]

@@patray162 Thanks for sharing your story. Sorry she lost her life so young.

[@MUFC-nu7ie]

Wow that’s fkd up but very believable.

[@davidpar2]

KZbin is enough for me. I had a facebook account but got rid of it years ago. Social media is cancer

[@Prognosis__]

Rumble is good but not much foot traffic

[@TheRealChrisBeard]

It’s called self control and being mindful of how ur spending ur time.

[@alwayspooh1588]

I agree. Social media is a cancer that has spread through young people and takes the majority of their time.

[@Psybo]

💯 I just can’t wrap my head around any other platform, I upload to rumble and odyssey but only if it gets removed from KZbin or won’t be safe for KZbin. Every other app makes absolutely no sense to me

[@davidpar2]

@@TheRealChrisBeard precisely why I’m not on social media.

[@mareksumguy1887]

I hate instagram with all my soul. It’s so vain. So superficial. It’s not good for anyone.

[@justinhamilton7238]

Maybe you have searched/looked at the wrong things then and the algorithm feeds you... Try looking for good things. Peace,love,nature,humanity... You reap what you sow

[@mareksumguy1887]

@@justinhamilton7238 “peace, love, nature”?? That’s what google images is for.

[@mareksumguy1887]

@lhavenothingtosay were we talking about KZbin or Instagram?? #stupidity

[@mareksumguy1887]

@lhavenothingtosay thank you for choosing such an accurate username.

[@justinhamilton7238]

@@mareksumguy1887 True..also. Was just pointing out that instagram is like the world.. Good and bad. Like anything ,you can use it for useful purposes. Ignore the shit and it will Ignore you... Look for the good...voila! But I guess your mind is made up. Each to there own

[@mtnshelby7059]

It's extraordinary that social media outlets are treated like reality. Chilling.

[@UniMatrix_1]

It's almost like it's becoming more real than real life

[@zeynand4039]

@@UniMatrix_1 well if humans darkest parts are coming alive on social media, maybe that is more real than reality. I think you are on to something, you and jbp.

[@ryaj2356]

My point exactly. Cops troll around dating websites, porn sites, Facebook, Twitter, insta, snap chat posing as 18 year olds trying to talk to guys online solely to get them to comment online sex crimes and fill the sex offender registry all for money.

[@stevensarson482]

Some goes for ‘business’. It is just one player in real life, not the only player , as it pretends to be. Our governments now cower at the sight of Bill Gates and Klaus Schwab.

[@Cub__]

It's pathetic really and shows how far we've fallen

[@jonathan99097]

deleted instagram, twitter, fb, and snap in 2019 before e-learning. One of the best decisions I've ever made tbh

[@areyoutheregoditsmedave]

what do you think youtube is?

[@nyk3334]

@@areyoutheregoditsmedave that’s why they excluded KZbin.

[@stratotega]

same, 1 year earlier. My life has become better

[@wed3k]

@@stratotega same, feels good.

[@royfr8136]

@@areyoutheregoditsmedave You utube is not social media

[@budoshi1981]

He s right. We are in a epidemic of narcissism.

[@joshuab2437]

This has got to be the Last Days Apostasy that Jesus and Apostle Paul warned about in the Bible.

[@PepsiFuture]

an

[@user-og6hl6lv7p]

Excuse I'm talking here, can you stop talking?

[@darrellm9915]

Hasan Piker comes to mind.

[@davidbottana7494]

And psychopaths too!

[@Brads-strung-out]

I've been calling it 'e-narcissism' for about ten years. A corrupted narcisstic personality brought on by electronic exposure to narcisstic personalities. Extreme excites more extreme when one of the extremes would have never been extreme without knowing others can be extreme. It's a taint.

[@bertthompson4748]

Kinda like when a professor spends years desperately trying to get on any and every youtube, podcast and tv show he can then has a psychotic breakdown thanks to the pressure and becomes a drug addict. Yeah, Peterson sure isnt a psychotic narcissist

[@steven5054]

Like Jordan Peterson tweeting all day and night?

[@PLAYERSLAYER_22]

@@bertthompson4748 are you a biographer?

[@mylesg7278]

@@bertthompson4748 there's always one 😂

[@squeakypistonproductions2228]

Society acted as insulation to keep narcissists and psychopaths from working together. Now they can.

[@musicfirst5020]

Social media has ruined countless relationships. It happened to my girlfriend, she went down the bottomless pit of instagram, and I couldn't do anything about it. C'est la vie.

[@wesleydunphy9182]

sounds like she lost interest in you, not trying to be a dick but that probably would have happened without social media

[@jimsim8736]

@@wesleydunphy9182 It’s not necessarily about the relationship, many people are addicted to the dopamine hit. Many people don’t understand social media is a drug and drugs can ruin relationships no matter how much love their is.

[@Gamerboy1999PS4]

@@jimsim8736 Truth

[@littlelily4]

What happened ?

[@sinakarimi424]

Now she belongs to the strets

[@JokerDaJokester]

3:20 Peterson is very correct here. People don't pay attention until it happens to them. Most real assault cases get underreported meanwhile the psychopaths get all the attention on social media.

[@P-CROZIER]

Thank you for your comment, Yes, I agree with you 👍🏼

[@ButterflyLullabyLtd]

Agree. In the UK Paedophiles are protected under Data Protection. Louise Badman was harassed by Welsh Police for speaking out. They tried to gag her. We live in a Country (UK) that promoted Paeodophile Information Exchange in the 70s. Dr Judith Reisman thankfully stopped them, may she rest in peace. A real heroin. Today our Governments are trying to take parental rights away. They spend more money on grooming children than actually educating them. 9 Million Illiterate Adults in the UK.

[@adaptercrash]

I have one of those he doesn't want me on it

[@tamernassar2002]

True

[@Drvenjola]

Never before has a generation so diligently recorded themselves acomplishing so little.

[@crsp1265]

Any dude that's had a girlfriend addicted to her Instagram can tell you this hit home hahah. Accurate description of my ex to the core lol. I would actually urge a lot of people to get off socials. I'm off Facebook and Instagram for about 2 months now and it has brought a ton of peace.

[@Reanimator999]

Good for you. Those social media sites are nothing but headaches. Twitter is the same too, because I lost good hours of sleep arguing in Twitter back and forth.

[@adamorly2971]

Yeah man, you've got that right.

[@1Know1tHurts]

Been there. It got so bad that I told her to go and marry her Instagram. Once they get addicted, it is better to leave. If there was a poll, I think most women would rather leave their men than delete their Insta pages.

[@crsp1265]

@@1Know1tHurts Absolutely bro. They're addicted to the attention from their male "friends"

[@pault6347]

And said male friends ALLLLL think they're "workin on" "this girl". Keep dreaming moron. Unless you've got literally millions and you SPEND IT stupidly these robot zombie wahmen don't give a shit. 😂

[@richalderson6069]

Jordan is right to give us a warning about these bad people, cause they REALLY ARE bad and we should never underestimate how much damage they can do to us. So no-one should ever be too optimistic about these current changes cause the psychopaths will find a way back somehow and somewhere.

[@bertthompson4748]

Yeah the really bad people who leave their job as a professor to be a professional youtuber. Hes not a narcissist at all /s

[@righteousgod8376]

Why did Peterson call out the failings of Muslims and Christians and not the Jews? He literally has a KZbin video on both topics and then goes to Israel and cries on stage saying they will 'Save the World.' WTF is up with that shit?

[@bertthompson4748]

@@righteousgod8376 hes worthless, thats his issue

[@budoshi1981]

@@bertthompson4748 you really don't know what your talking about buddy. You are making zero sense whatsoever.

[@bertthompson4748]

@@budoshi1981 my comment was sarcastic, peterson is an obvious narcissist

[@mindhunter8772]

"I'm deeply afraid that virtualization enables Psychopathy"... We are doomed..

[@katemiller5990]

Lead the way for change. Start with you, others will follow.

[@void0094]

I'm glad he is talking about the connection between social media and perticularly female narcissists and psychopaths. Not many even talk about the latter.

[@maymadison3620]

Seen some of their likes from males too..true it's dominated by females but males got their share in there. A big one

[@spinningstuff74]

@@maymadison3620 but you just said it was dominated by woman, but there’s also a lot of men? Which one is it

[@Johnnybomb1]

​@@maymadison3620Only if you're Chad, though.

[@retroafro1]

I have fallen out with many parents due to this, my 5 yr old likes to play, like physically play - alot of his mates just sit on a tablet and when i try to suggest it isnt good for their development, im out-casted - these children's self worth is based on narc foundations - they literally stroke/swipe their screens all day long, all of their desires just their at a fingertip - stroking their fragile egos at the touch of a screen - generation of sociopath's on the way

[@katieandnick4113]

All of my kids prefer spending time with friends than being online. It’s very challenging, because most kids have parents who are either very overprotective and don’t allow their children to have social lives, and/or the kids prefer the internet to social interaction.

[@TAG-1984]

It really is a trend that didn’t exist 20 years ago. I miss the days free of social media, 20 layers of orange makeup, non filtered 90’s and 00’s. Might be the most toxic development of this century.

[@sophielaurel1102]

I never knew what a psychopath was until my brief experience on Twitter. And I don't say it lightly. Never again. What Jordan says is bang on.

[@MR4_11]

Can u elaborate ?

[@ThatFulla_G]

Iv noticed this, Haven’t used social media for 7 years now best decision i made 🙏 So much peace

[@davidd577u]

You just commented on “social media” aka KZbin

[@MrAlexmiele8910]

@@davidd577uit’s hardly social media. YT is like 5% social media. Only the commenting portion

[@njbright8626]

Twitter is only 5% social media. Only the commenting section.

[@purpleblueunicorn]

Why would do you need to comment here then? Social media is still after you. I gave you a like to your comment, felt the dopamine?

[@MrAlexmiele8910]

@@njbright8626 Twitter is 100% commenting. You twit

[@MelbaOzzie]

For all those people in the dating scene who say "Body count doesn't count". Watch this and see JP explain what a high body count is an indicator for. If you meet a woman with a high body count, RUN!

[@bertthompson4748]

Look champ, dont project your insecurities on everyone. Its weird

[@commander4465]

@@bertthompson4748just say your girl is a slu+ and she has a work hobby that is piping her down or youre a cock that likes to watch.

[@bertthompson4748]

@@commander4465 you mean my wife of 10yrs who is still happy with me? No idea why youre projecting your relationship status onto me.

[@commander4465]

@@bertthompson4748 Im sure you two are happily married and she’ll never leave you. Apparently the original comment doesn’t apply to you.

[@bertthompson4748]

@@commander4465 no. But i know high body count women who are also married with kids. Unless one of you people has a study i dont know why you keep pushing your stupid opinions

[@zonefreakman]

I've had enough bad experiences on social media to know how bad this is for my mental health. And that I have to admit that it brings out the worst in myself as well. Probably edging on being narcissistic at times, and I'd think back to what I said on a group chat or Twitter and feel ashamed because I would never say things like that face to face with people. Recently I had to leave a private online group because I got really emotional about something, I got upset at others in group, I felt like I was being bullied, and I lashed out at them. Some of them were being antagonistic but I can't excuse that for how I acted. And again I just simply don't act like that in real life relationships. There's something unhealthy about social media and it can creep up on you. Well I left that online group which is what I spent most of my social media time on.

[@4C1DR4G3]

thing is youtube is the worst for it as well.

[@masterpain7742]

Yu left an online group? Lol calm down guy u leave it everytime u log out ur phone go touch some grass

[@sutty8526]

Whats sad is im 37, I was born in the 80s grew up in the mid- to late 80s ,90s and early 2000s. Like many other women we were some what protected. Today these parents dont seem to bestow the same values, Innocence and protection on their children like they had growing up. I have a young child, he is allowed 45 minutes of tv/iPad time a day. We push him to do to at least one hobby a week 2 times a week and we are always busy as a family on weekend. I will afford him the same childhood I had. Innocent to a degree and with a healthy young mind. Lazy parenting is everywhere. You see teenage girls wearing next to nothing. Sexualising themselves under 16. The parents don't seem to care. These women doing only fans are just grim too. What happened to modesty,. dignity and hard work. ! I might be a boring cow to a lot of you but i was raised with more self respect.

[@iridiumkush237]

It is the nature of the succubus. You think this is Babylon.

[@GabrielleTollerson]

exactly, and the worst part is that it's pushed to be normalized, when it isn't supposed to be

[@OO7--BOND]

Iam not experienced in life as you but i can say you are rasing your child right I have been given the same values by mom Iam 26 I very ocassionaly see my insta in a week for 1 to 2 minutes and i don't have any social media other than that neither any of my family.A real man who is raised right can clearly sense a good women. men who are supporting these girls are also responsible we need more good man and women to create good family create childrens who have good morals and values what are we gonna do with out family creating illegitimate children who become criminals thats what happening now adays when we systematically destroy family society automatically collapses no need for war. Why you call yourself a cow i don't think a women who has been raised right and teaching her child good morals is a cow or boring. May god bless you and your family.

[@cathryncavaney5070]

No wonder the left hate Jordan. Common sense and wisdom.

[@officialthomasjames]

Yup

[@dislikebutton4981]

It's not common sense anymore. It's c'mon sense lol

[@scottb32a]

and he's a massive hypocrite - he's the biggest narcissist out there

[@Cub__]

Feels like it's fading in our society... I need to GTFO of Michigan.

[@sleepysleeper3485]

@@scottb32a He also wants to make money. He's straight up admitted it himself and who wouldn't want to make money? He's creating a fortune AND he gets to do what he wants to do, which is to help people understand the world in some sense. Just because he gets interviewed and visits conventions doesn't make him a hypocrite. With that logic every single broadcaster is also a psychopathic narcissist. Peterson wouldn't be able to do what he does without using the social platforms available today so of course he uses them. You're accusing him of doing the most sensible thing.

[@billyhupp3485]

So glad to see an academic person that has a clue in reality. Thanks Rita for another freedom saving story!

[@ethanquenum4778]

Skeeter always does a commendable job.

[@ChristopherDonnerArtist]

I've been deleting most social media . It feels like the place psychos go to

[@bengun1]

"Put the boot in to child trafficking in two weeks. Nothing done before that" Sickening....

[@owenshebbeare2999]

The Left has long been the enablers of pædphiles.

[@gingerdad127]

I agree, my mouth hit the floor about it not being done before! Gosh, imagine all those years of people at Twitter enabling those horrific crimes

[@alwayspooh1588]

Rita! She is great on Sky news Australia!

[@gregvisioninfosoft]

Anyone who focuses their attention on their social media presence is not a 'real person' - stay away from them. Or you will suffer...

[@voidgadson8028]

“Virtualization enables psychopathy.”

[@melancholycollie1466]

I stopped using Instagram over a year ago and I've noticed great improvements in my psychological and emotional health. While still a bit unstable at times due to anxiety from living a high stress life, I feel more grounded. I can tell the people still on it are not quite right in the head.

[@Olivia-bs5wj]

But where do you get all your inspiration? Everyone seems to admire and follow people on social media not being able to figure things out for themselves 😂 hate this so much, like copy cats

[@rubberduckie5518]

@@Olivia-bs5wj We're living in a "predominantly" (that's the key word) narcissistic society. People idolize those with narcissistic and psychopathic traits. They seem charismatic and larger than life. Most people live dull and boring lives. Ironically, these toxic individuals function like clowns, providing entertainment, but at a high cost. Their lack of empathy means that if it came to it, they would stab everyone in the back to survive and thrive. You can take that to the bank.

[@adamorly2971]

Another clear indicator is when you look at a woman's Insta and see that strange link at the bottom that leads you towards her Onlyfans lol

[@ShyMplsMale]

I would beg to differ that the psychopaths and narcissists are a very small percentage. Maybe the hardcore psychopaths but people, in general, are becoming more narcissistic due to taking selfies and needed validation online.

[@rubberduckie5518]

Not just online needing validation, but in general wherever.

[@chasehadley5230]

Agreed

[@returnofrome1523]

He’s not wrong.

[@cruzinthruspace]

Yes. I've been saying this for years. You don't have to be a psychologist to know that. That's why I've been off social media for over 5 years.

[@drumluck69]

Dr. Peterson is profound and authentic. This man should be considered a national treasure.

[@avikillzkids5986]

He’s an ideologically driven religious fanatical extremist. He has become every single thing he preaches he hates ffs😂🤣🤣🤣

[@drumluck69]

@@avikillzkids5986 I totally disagree with that position but thank goodness in America, we can still express different opinions.

[@bb1330]

LOL

[@jimosullivan1389]

He is ....by the 20% of people who are not morons (Pareto Law)

[@metorphoric]

Im not much of a social media user but I do have an instagram. I got an account to follow a KZbinr about 8 months ago and I’ve posted a total of 9 times. I found myself becoming so infatuated with this content creator that it was unhealthy. I compared my life to everything she posted. Every post was her buying something new. At one point, she’d been sponsored by 3 different vacuum companies. I stopped following her about 7 weeks ago on insta. I am much happier and do not miss her content. Social media is nothing but a contest to outdo others. I feel for people who put their entire lives for the world to see just it make a buck. If FB, insta, Twitter, etc shut its doors tomorrow, millions of people wouldn’t know what to do with their lives. your sole way of income is posting pictures and videos based on sponsor specifications isn’t a reliable job. Maybe great for the short term but it’s not a career. Many of these content creators do not have a backup plan and I’m willing to bet their savings isn’t nearly as lavish as their closet filled with Gucci and Louis Vuitton.

[@jaimeb2339]

This man is so brilliant. He's able to take complex ideas and explain them so the message is clear. If only more people would take his knowledge and apply it for the betterment of the world.

[@AthenaTheWolf]

I sometimes log on to my old social media accounts just to see how terrible others are doing. The filters are starting to fade. ☕️ 🐸

[@r.w7351]

I’ve just recently decided to jump off all my social media and it’s been a week and a half maybe a bit longer, feels funny when you pick up your phone and try go back on but can’t 😂 I’d advise others to do the same, plus you’re not stuck scrolling every time you pick up the phone

[@purpleblueunicorn]

You're still commenting on the social media part of youtube though.

[@vickyb6588]

@@purpleblueunicorn It’s about moderation. I don’t want to become obese so I should never eat anything again?

[@purpleblueunicorn]

I would say it's more like going vegan. You stop eating animal products completely (social media) while still continuing to eat plants (traditional media). You can't moderate that. Or maybe fast food is a better analogy.

[@Design_no]

You will find many on the left use Insta exclusively.

[@eb2505]

That's very interesting.

[@Prognosis__]

The left in the western world outnumbers the right because they carry on with life without a care

[@Kaosad69]

@@eb2505 =big gay walrus and elephant seal aficionado

[@davidpar2]

All the more reason to never use it.

[@Design_no]

@@davidpar2 👍

[@izawaniek2568]

Absolutely the case! Thank you for your brilliant observations Professor Peterson.

[@user-fv5ms4sz8e]

You have to censor truth if you live in a criminal realm. Lying is at its core, abhorrently criminal and although it often carries no punishment here, it will not be tolerated even slightly in Heaven.

[@angrydragon4574]

Oh, it will be. It depends on who is saying the lies... Isaiah 45:7.

[@Alexandra-zp3gr]

Keep reading : Isaiah 45:9 'Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker- An earthenware vessel among the vessels of earth! Will the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’ Or the thing you are making say, ‘He has no hands ‘?

[@allonekingdom]

angrydragon, you have read out of context. Read the Chapter and not one line to understand what's being said. P.s. "What's in a name" angry.

[@tbn22]

The local gym, in the area where I live, has this one girl who is a fitness influencer. When you go to the address of this gym, on Instagram, then pretty much all top pictures, are selfies and ass pictures of this girl. She even once asked a guy, who was using a bench, to move over because she wanted to use part of that bench, to mount her phone on, so she could record her squats. Ridiculous.

[@tbn22]

@Felipe Valdez It is extremely sad to see. Especially because they pretend to be happy, while craving more and more attention. It is a bottomless pit.

[@dianefirth8800]

Squat on this

[@Cub__]

Run them out of business

[@Cub__]

@@dianefirth8800 😂😂

[@tbn22]

@Felipe Valdez And fake smiles, and fake interactions. It is laughingstock at this point.

[@pault6347]

Just another person here checking in, in favor of getting off social media! Do it!!! I've even taken a break from Snapchat for 3 weeks frankly I'm sick and tired of so many of my buddies sending videos ALL the damn time. I post plenty of dumb things I observe to my story I almost NEVER send them to anyone. You'd think people would get the hint.

[@paulrosebrock]

He’s on to something so fundamental to our society. Hope there is time for it to be part of broader change for the good of us all.

[@Cub__]

I sure do hope so but I'm very cynical most times and I'm young... It can be difficult to see good or the bright side in anything sometimes. As I've heard before that things will get much worse before they improve and I think I agree with that because we're not working together enough, were far too stubborn and refuse to take action (as a whole) so nothing will change and things will continue to repeat until we're in a hole that there's no coming back from... But only time will tell.

[@erdbeerzwiebel3404]

I see the problem that online there are alot of fights and in those fights people fight dirty. When you make the mistake (or don't realize it) to engage into such a fight(s), it's easy to become bitter or even toxic. Keep in mind that emotions are energy. Provoking or a heated debate leaves negative emotions in persons. Many people have no way to get rid of this negative energy and don't notice how they become toxic. I've been guilty of that myself and see it alot online. The problem with that then is that is has influence on your whole life because you get pissed constantly and that causes social isolation in the long run. Life can become hell when you spend too much time online and keep engaging/colliding with people. After years of almost daily online activity I have learned alot about many things that will help me in the future but also destroyed my whole social life. I also see problems with people who can't deal with the amount of info I was able to collect about certain topics, which makes it hard to talk to alot of people who watch news as info source. We are now still at the start of the online world and things need to evolve into more protected platforms (for scientifical discourse at least..). Always keep in mind that negative energy spreads exponentially, so find ways to vent in a way that benefits you like sport fir example to transform the energy into something good instead of spreading it

[@simonengland6448]

'I also see problems with people who can't deal with the amount of info I was able to collect about certain topics, which makes it hard to talk to alot of people who watch news as info source.' The ability to retain information, lots of information, and make some sense out of it is a rare phenomenon. Those that have the ability, such as you suggest you are able to, rarely have the courage, or enough motivation, to voice it. Until about 5 years ago, I consistently made the mistake (being a boomer from a time when learning was an end in itself) that media such as this was a place to expand knowledge. It absolutely is not. It is a platform to confirm bias. The internet has merely allowed media outlets to focus attention on symptoms for the wealth that generates, this interview being one of them, good as it is. The causes, which if you collect information as you claim, you'll be thoroughly familiar with, are deflected from by a wall of buzzwords; extremist, conspiracy, right-wing etc. The reasons being that they ( the causes) contain some of the most toxic elements in society, whilst simultaneously being the most protected. Certainly, many extremist and conspiracies exist, no doubt. Genuine enquiry would explode the myths in seconds. Instead, legislation ensures a constant pressure cooker of symptoms for the outraged to gorge themselves on. The outraged, never thinking, or not knowing how, to turn off the energy that feeds it. I know how it works, but I have no idea how to convey a thesis of information into a soundbite that would motivate. Neither have any of our voices such as Peterson or Murray. They certainly know more than they let on. You are absolutely correct in your assessment. Use the energy to get fit. Watch content sparingly, comment even less. Make your own life better and those around you will benefit. It's the best anyone can do.

[@GloryOfBarbelo]

jordan looks so much healthier! hes looking pretty good.

[@andy764]

"Virtualisation enables psychopathy" True quote!

[@silent_moseswzclips7970]

I genuinely think Jordan Peterson has a better understanding of the human mind than almost anyone in history, and the way he articulates it so well for all to understand, an incredibly gifted speaker

[@lokidoki471]

I could never understand why Twitter needed so many employees to maintain it. like people just post messages and other people like or share them. that's it. why do you need thousands of people to make that work. maybe a handful of devs to update the app every now and then.

[@davidcardinal3654]

They need people to police the people Who go against the narrative. 😢

[@ct00001]

80% of it is managing ad revenue. Sales, creative, client relations, etc. In other words nothing to do with actually running the site. In practice though, Twitter seems to have added miktiple layers of mid-management which happens in corporations all the time. Truly redundant, unproductive, unneeded work.

[@joankirk1732]

@@ct00001 another factor to add is BOTS don't pay taxes. All those employees were a shield for the activity.

[@ct00001]

@@joankirk1732 I struggle with thinking of it a town square. Most people aren't on Twitter, and evidently 80% of the users are potentially all fake. So how is that a town square of any kind?

[@bbk10333]

Hes right and social media can have a terrible effect on people. But imagine if you could have regular interaction on social media and still be true to yourself, and not be affected by the temptations and negativity it encourages. Personally think its good way to practice will power and self control

[@coupesandroadsters]

We can because most of us are not psychopaths. It's the 5% he's talking about where social media allows them to run out of control.

[@bbk10333]

@@coupesandroadsters its not just about being a psychopath, its the average human who gets tempted in partaking in specific actions. Like getting approval through instagram likes

[@edgarasmeskauskas2367]

I am narcisistic and psychopatic because of facebook. About a year ago i deleted it, this summer comeback and last week deleted again. Its so owful. Discussions about politics, social things, religion, philosophy, psychology, addictions, made me an absoliute narcisistic psychopath. Thank you Jordan for talking about this. I hope i never comeback to facebook. I stick to youtube. I have instagram account but i never use it. Used tik tok for a while but deleted it. I also have both Jordans books and i am planning to read it. Thank you for talking about this.

[@jivenfields]

That certainly enables the traits of psychopathy but it doesn’t necessarily mean you are a psychopath for using them, is more like psychopaths are driven towards these spaces, looking for attention, looking to spread sadism…but they are psychopathic in the first place

[@rubberduckie5518]

@@jivenfields THIS! I've been bullied by people from my community on FB and they try and make me out to look like the bad guy! And they attack, attack, attack! Their real character comes out is what it is. Especially being a nobody makes one a target for these types.

[@gustaftheone9279]

I can't upvote this enough. Dr Peterson, we are blessed to have you. PLEASE CONTINUE!!!

[@adamorly2971]

This may help explain why every truly bad girl I've met is through online dating...

[@justice2888]

But your mom was a bad girl and she wasn't online.

[@Georghiou2D]

thats not social media. not the same thing, you just dont know how to pick them

[@adamorly2971]

@@Georghiou2D No, it's describing what Dr. Peterson is talking about lol Watch the video before responding with dumb comments.

[@lissaharre]

Every time I watch something from Sky News Australia, I want to move there. I know they’re not representative of the whole country but man I love them.

[@WoolyJumper5]

So well said..

[@ereman6]

Well said, the stuff many folks do not want to hear, much less think about.

[@piotrang8634]

What a brilliant interview that was! Absolutely brilliant. All the best from Poland, yes, we watch your programmes on the exact opposite side of the globe, too 👍👍👍

[@The0Matador0]

He makes a really profound point. And think it is that mass shooting, stabbings whatever will only increase in coming decades due to the insular social media

[@ozkrhills9624]

Jordan Peterson...once of many teaching wisdom

[@Prognosis__]

Jordan is a deep thinking man, he gets it right most of the time

[@Kaosad69]

Ok, your gay

[@Prognosis__]

@@Kaosad69 how old are you? Seriously? This bloke is well respected

[@Kaosad69]

@@Prognosis__ = gigantic dolphin and porpoise fancier

[@ashutoshpandeyz4508]

He is student of Frued and and Jung, it's obvious.

[@kippeeh]

Most of of the time ain't good enough for justice.

[@NomadUrpagi]

This guy is clearly smart, but everytime i see him his world is bleak, sad, disappointed and dark. Never saw the guy happy.

[@alphajohnalpha8441]

Folk who are addicted to themselves are narcissists ... Genius ..... well done mate

[@mavisemberson8737]

He writes the textbook material you used probably in your education. A university lecturer is not to be scorned especially by someone who cannot use His/her real name.

[@alphajohnalpha8441]

If you say so mate As for education I taught religion and philosophy for years at universities.... He's preaching to the choir with no new material ... If you believe he's the best thing since sliced bread then it is your education that has been lacking .... 👍🤓

[@steven5054]

@@mavisemberson8737 The only time he would be referenced in a textbook if it was regarding online gurus and grifters who build large cults

[@et4213]

He’s so right, all a horse and pony show, really tailored so the show people get their accolades. I’d say most people could really give a hoot less about what other people believe or politically claim to believe. Most of us just enjoy living and loving and getting along.

[@Cub__]

It's absolutely true, it's sad when you have a Mother who is this way.

[@ethanquenum4778]

You know what they say: like mother like cub.

[@johnnytass2111]

Prof Sam Vaknin, author of Malignant Self-Love, Narcissism Revisited is the foremost authority on explaining Narcissism and Psychopathy prevelant and growing in today's (Anti-)Social Media era.

[@saschafarnell7717]

He certainly is. His intelligence is out of this world. I respect that he’s a whistleblower for his “type”. He has helped me immeasurably, to better understand what makes Narc’s and psychopaths really tick. What better person to gain this understanding from, than from a narcissistic psychopath themselves? I recommend his content to everyone.

[@johnnytass2111]

@@saschafarnell7717 Indeed! His teachings and insights are absolute treasures.

[@treecottage147]

I don’t normally watch sky news but this is fantastic

[@jimosullivan1389]

Sky new AU specifically is brilliant. Along with GB News.

[@1994masja]

When i was addicted to Facebook, it Made me very insecure. Yes i have instagram but i hardly cheack it out. I forgot when the last time was when i was active on twitter. My friends on instagram, who i have realy met are using instagram to share the good things in live like vacation, family, friends and boyfriends. When virtual world becomes real and people are obsessieve over themselves and only engage in escapisme it becomes very dangerous for the mental health and for the welbeing of a person.

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

i was the same when i first made a fb account many years ago. now i only use it for hobby things. like being member of a gardening group, crochet pattern group and a few others. I dont even share stuff. I deleted the majority of my friendslist and only have 15 left who are all very close to me. Never had instragram, or titkok. I dont even have a mobile phone or iphone. i threw them away years ago. Life is much more fun. God bless you Masja.

[@1994masja]

@@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo Thank you

[@1994masja]

@@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo God Bless you too Gretchen

[@KinkyLettuce]

Yes I agree But what about I am a hyper addicted user in terms of scrolling a lot but never posting anything about myself?

[@stsk7]

Very well put as usual Dr. Peterson

[@paulsaulpaul]

One of the easiest things to do with the virtualization you speak of is the use of bots to artificially create discourse that unnaturally represents public opinion. These are a much bigger problem than spam for products or scams. You can obviously spam likes and dislikes to influence what is displayed. But you can also misrepresent one or more sides of an argument and create an artificial discourse and narrative that preemptively shuts down organic conversation. Given some basic tools and organizational skills, I could control 20 accounts with unique writing, originating IP addresses, etc. that would be impossible to detect as bots, because they wouldn't be bots. This can be enough to get a fake conversation to either go viral or drown-out real discourse and eventually effect public opinion over time. Happens all the time. In fact, Twitter was probably running their own bots internally rather than baking their "censorship levers of control" into their main algorithms. This is, at least, how I'd do it. Then I get the effects of censorship while appearing on the surface to have an impartial algorithm. My bots hosted at a separate organization but designed with internal secrets to circumvent the automated bot filters. Now combine this with AI and compliment it with existing organic discourse to decide where to target things and by how much, with feedback to evolve the AI, and you've got a disinformation machine only Satan himself could create and only Jesus Christ can defeat.

[@JacobGrim]

Holy cow I never thought about that. Faking multiple accounts to fake social discourse, without bots... Crazy stuff

[@lady4191]

Not all of them but yes. I never signed up for anything after Facebook and I don't go around looking at any of them either. Facebook gave me enough problems I did not want to see what they had for me next.

[@genxx2724]

I shut down my FB account when they started requiring your phone number to send direct messages to friends. Sorry, no. Then they admitted to doing psychological experiments on users by withholding responses to their posts and observing their anxiety increase. If you’re not paying for the product, you ARE the product.

[@ginaonthebeachm118]

Nicely put xx

[@DinoSvanhvit]

Thank you. Someone finally said it.

[@travishall9320]

I don’t have instagram but every time I meet a girl and she asks for it but I tell her i don’t have one, apparently that’s a red flag to them and they make it a huge issue, can someone explain that? Much obliged

[@hazzapizzle23]

You’re meeting the wrong girls.

[@skinandbones1000]

I don’t have instagram either and I think a guy who doesn’t is the most sexiest thing.

[@ozbolli]

They are. I quit twitter in 2014 and instagram in 2016. I feel so much better for it. Facebook went in 2020

[@devon7826]

I stopped using social media years ago. Don’t miss it.

[@rennerbike5022]

this hyper interesting!! Thanks a lot to Jordan for his good work👍🙏🏻💪🤟🤟

[@FronteirWolf]

I find that it is so important for me to interact with people in the real world, because if I don't I can find myself reducing the people around me to their ideas and where they would have the world go, and I can lose sight of their humanity.

[@nanaadusah8320]

First, hi from Ghana

[@Design_no]

Hello there

[@Kaosad69]

I'm gay, ok

[@WHATFILMZ]

Thank you!

[@pedrovelazquez138]

Thats why I stopped using FB and TW since September. One of the best decissions I've ever made. KZbin is very useful for learning.

[@scottb32a]

blimey , how ironic . I literally cannot escape Jordan Peterson the biggest narcissist out there

[@Jarppiavelli]

Exactly, the black and white judgment is god-like and above US ALL SIMPLETON LAYMEN! Just like his daughter's Mikhaila Peterson spreading misinformation and subjective conclusions as facts like crazy. Migh be a a psychosis, Jesus psychosis.

[@ChristAliveForevermore]

I recently downloaded Instagram and it's the most boring app of all time. You just... post selfies and, what, hope somebody will like and/or comment? Big whoop.

[@nateflora732]

i think there is a dire need for the messages that proffesor peterson so eloquently speaks about to be heard by so many young people

[@budte]

I'm going to share this on facebook.

[@Adam-fb5nt]

It used to be that being super over confident about all of your political opinions was considered a personality flaw. It was called being "self-righteous." Now it seems like people are encouraged to be that way and celebrate it.

[@OnyxStudios720p]

It’s called political polarization and it’s being done on purpose as a form of social engineering. To create divide among us

[@Adam-fb5nt]

@@OnyxStudios720p social engineering by who? doesn't it seem more likely that these societal changes are the unpredicted outcome of technology advancing faster than we can culturally keep up? Why is everything an evil plan perpetrated by some shadowy figure? Can't society evolve in positive and negative ways without some evil boogie man pulling the strings? Just something to think about. If you want to see a real conspiracy, it usually has to do with hoarding wealth. Which is easy to do when you have wealth, so it hardly requires dividing the public, which is probably bad for productivity and profits.

[@Blujonny11]

People are attracted to the 'charismatic.' And normally in society those who aren't the natural alphas have a reasonable shot at weeding psychopaths out on their own and that's usually compensated by more 'well behaved' alphas assisting the more timid in that process of 'weeding out.' The problem with the internet is it's very difficult to weed out the psychopaths because once we attach a superiority complex to them due to their charisma and charm it's very difficult to 'undo' that part of the idolatry equation. We've already attached a sense of idolatry to them (that usually mostly goes away after childhood btw but now it's revitalized into adulthood) and we're trying to protect that at all costs because we see them as the leader of our own pack that we identify with. In the age of the internet we now have fully grown adults involved in the idolatry of psychopaths because of the rise of social media. Its not a good place to be in. And if these psychopaths are put in place by an authoritarian force then we end up in a really fateful situation.

[@OnyxStudios720p]

Interesting thought process behind that, well put. I feel a large bit of this is being done as a mass social experiment to get inputs for their AI and algorithmic systems. This could give valuable insight into human behavior prediction and manipulation on a mass scale.

[@rubberduckie5518]

@@OnyxStudios720p Jesus. That's actually quite frightening! It's reasonable too. Many psychopaths and narcissists are working in top positions these days or are filthy rich. Their influence is far reaching.

[@alchemyoflevity4894]

Gives a new meaning to the label "cyber psycho".

[@jackiebassett398]

I got addicted to my phone. I am not young. It was an outlet for sure for me to avoid other issues I was/am facing in life. I slowly am getting better. I never in a million years could have imagined this happening. It's something I will stop. So strange.

[@sterlingfreeman637]

What is the full interview name? I want to see the rest

[@Robert-oi2vn]

JP is amazing

[@johnh23z]

The biggest utube narcisists are the World 'travelers'. The ones who shove the camera in their faces for 95% of their vid.

[@awakenotwokeuk]

Wow, I love how Dr Jordan B Peterson, carries himself. How he deliverers his responses, how he explains things in a way, that is so easy to understand and follow

[@void0094]

Especially his last sentence is 100% straight facts

[@mommyseastar5776]

I’ve noticed that people are A Lot more respectful in real life versus online and I’m speaking as a person living in Southern California!

[@ngeee10]

Yess

[@simeoncosta64]

How bout non-users?

[@kingjonathan7773]

That is all social media. No one is better than the others. Bunch of narcissist all over

[@laura8486]

Excellent summarized, great insight and brought over with necessary sensitivity . Thank you Jordan ?

[@angrydragon4574]

Wumao, stop supporting the CCP and HELP THE CHINESE PUBLIC ALREADY!

[@studiobencivengamarcusbenc5272]

How dare you ? Calling them out 😂😂😂😳😳😳

[@PCTTmusic]

A lot of these people he’s referring to HATE ON EVERYTHING