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2017 Personality 01: Introduction

The opening lecture of Jordan Peterson's 2017 University of Toronto personality course. He defines personality from historical, constructivist, psychoanalytic, behavioral and neuropsychological angles.

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Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as part of a long lecture series on psychology, complementing biology lectures, and named when HN asks for the best lecture series.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Jordan B Peterson
Topic
personality psychology
Format
lecture
Level
intro
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
3
Recommendation years in dataset
2019–2023

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • Because the world, for the most part, is (and always has been) a dangerous place and hate has proven to be a very useful (highly conserved through evolutionary time) adaptation to help keep small and delicate bands of our ancestors safe for one more day. …

    kleer001 on Hacker News · 2019-11
    In Ask HN: Why the Hate?

  • Trial and error as a programmer dealing with depression and anxiety accounts for a lot, but for resources I'd point you to Robert Sapolsky's lectures on Behavioral Biology (here: [LINK] ). Sapolsky's lectures are great for getting a Biology perspective to how human's operate. Jordan …

    mrdoops on Hacker News · 2019-09
    In Ask HN: How do you keep your programming motivation up?

  • I am not a big fan of his work anymore but the original Personality Lectures (2017) of Jordan Peterson are really great. [VIDEO]

    lysecret on Hacker News · 2023-01
    In Ask HN: What's the best lecture series you've ever seen?

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