Summary of Jordan B. Peterson's Beyond Order

By IRB Media

Get the Summary of Jordan B. Peterson's Beyond Order in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In 12 Rules for Life, clinical psychologist and celebrated professor at Harvard and the University of Toronto Dr. Jordan B. Peterson helped millions impose order on the chaos of their lives. Now, in this bold sequel, Peterson delivers 12 more lifesaving principles for resisting the exhausting toll that our desire to order the world inevitably takes.

In a time when the human will increasingly imposes itself over every sphere of life - from our social structures to our emotional states - Peterson warns that too much security is dangerous. What's more, he offers strategies for overcoming the cultural, scientific, and psychological forces causing us to tend toward tyranny, and teaches us how to rely instead on our instinct to find meaning and purpose, even - and especially - when we find ourselves powerless.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 10, 2021
• ISBN: 9781638154693

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Rule 1: Do not carelessly denigrate social institutions or creative achievement.

#2

People on the left side of the political spectrum often tend to oppose social institutions, because of their constraining and structured nature, while those on the right side tend to dismiss creativity and avant-gardism because it threatens conservatism. The truth is that both are important.

#3

All of us have been part of a social institution at one point or another. We are susceptible to developing strong beliefs about how bad the institution is and how it should change, or on the opposite side, developing attachment to those institutions and categorically refusing change and progress.

#4

As society develops and new technologies and innovations are integrated, there needs to be a balance between how many new rules and norms we introduce and how much of the old way of doing things we keep. Too much of either is bound to lead to chaos, confusion, and