How the Best Stories are Written - Prof. Jordan Peterson

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  • čas přidán 16. 09. 2017
  • Psychology professor Jordan B. Peterson discusses - on the basis of Carl Jung’s theories - how good fiction writers capture your attention.
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  • @PsycheMatters
    @PsycheMatters  Před 6 lety +17

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    • @yitzhakgoldberg2404
      @yitzhakgoldberg2404 Před 3 lety

      Jordan, what would be an appropriate IQ for a successful screenwriter?

  • @haddenindustries2922
    @haddenindustries2922 Před 6 lety +240

    heard what prof peterson said...now it's time to clean my dragon and slay my room

    • @itsnotatoober
      @itsnotatoober Před 6 lety +12

      *now it's like, it's time for me to bloody well clean..

    • @lucylincoln3285
      @lucylincoln3285 Před 3 lety +1

      😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

    • @FullDottle
      @FullDottle Před 2 lety +4

      As long as you have the strength to pull the sponge from the bucket! As you know, only one destined to be King may clean a dragon.

  • @BoyWonderEX
    @BoyWonderEX Před 3 lety +29

    'Gandalf and Dumbledore are the same guy' -- Mr. Miyagi, Rocky

  • @ffnovice7
    @ffnovice7 Před 6 lety +83

    Thank you for keeping these free

  • @lorenzrosenthal119
    @lorenzrosenthal119 Před 9 měsíci +2

    when I listen to his lectures I always get the feeling on being put down with my feed on the ground. He turns the chaos of my world into order. But not rigid order but some kind of a natural/organic/compassionate order.
    ps: your thumbnails are top G man!

  • @italianhockeywall
    @italianhockeywall Před 5 lety +31

    JBP: It could be the same guy.
    Sir Ian McKellan: *chuckles in wizard*

    • @joshkier
      @joshkier Před 4 lety

      Whats ian mckellan got to do with it lmao at least say Tolkein

    • @lachlandean2773
      @lachlandean2773 Před 3 lety

      @@joshkier Ian McKellen had the chance to play Dumbledore

    • @GutzOverFear
      @GutzOverFear Před 2 lety

      @@lachlandean2773 Mate? 🤣🤣

  • @TomorrowWeLive
    @TomorrowWeLive Před 6 lety +58

    Well, someone who was familiar with Tolkien's Legendarium would definitely not say Gandalf is the same as Dumbledore, however I agree they serve a similar narrative function, at least in LOTR.

  • @agrxdrowflow958
    @agrxdrowflow958 Před 6 lety +71

    The best movies/books are based on The Odyssey. Hero archetype trying to get home must overcome endless obstacles, overcoming a dark night of the soul, while Penelope waits patiently at home. It's a metaphor for our own lives. We're stuck here on Earth trying to get home to God only to be faced with endless obstacles. Script editors in Hollywood can tell producers how much money they will make on a movie based on how close the script matches The Odyssey. So, we see the same story over and over and over and over...

    • @markcarey8426
      @markcarey8426 Před 6 lety +5

      Well said Agrx. I've always thought it was the same but more primate.
      Boy meets girl. Girl (or family or power structure) finds boy inadequate. Boy goes and kills a shitload of opponents to that family/power structure/ ideology/whatever and the boy gets girl, fucks, and spawns.
      Boy meets girl. Girl....etc., etc.,
      It's got nothing to with God or Allah or any other fantastical inventions. It's all about primates.

    • @pedrohenriquepinheiro9131
      @pedrohenriquepinheiro9131 Před 5 lety

      That's beyond amazing

    • @ILikeFeelingElectric
      @ILikeFeelingElectric Před 4 lety +1

      Well I find that interesting. I find that hollywood does rehash shit all the time, so perhaps they’re being reaffirmed to stick with the same story rather than finding a fresh alternative. I also find it interesting that the dude who first responded to you essentially said that the Hero’s Journey is without god and is primal. You dumb shits the Hero’s Journey is clearly with god and without god. You can clearly see that in the fact that you are both using the form of the Hero’s Journey to get your point across. There is little description of the Hero’s Journey beyond the form that you use to implement it. It has infinite potential realizations (as it is a form of metaphor that has guided culture for most of human history). That’s why you hear JBP saying the same stuff in different metaphors (“Hero slays dragon, Beauty tames beast, Human learns from God, etc etc), it’s all a crack at saying the same thing.

    • @ILikeFeelingElectric
      @ILikeFeelingElectric Před 4 lety

      Well I find that interesting. I find that hollywood does rehash shit all the time, so perhaps they’re being reaffirmed to stick with the same story rather than finding a fresh alternative. I also find it interesting that the dude who first responded to you essentially said that the Hero’s Journey is without god and is primal. You dumb shits the Hero’s Journey is clearly with god and without god. You can clearly see that in the fact that you are both using the form of the Hero’s Journey to get your point across. There is little description of the Hero’s Journey beyond the form that you use to implement it. It has infinite potential realizations (as it is a form of metaphor that has guided culture for most of human history). That’s why you hear JBP saying the same stuff in different metaphors (“Hero slays dragon, Beauty tames beast, Human learns from God, etc etc), it’s all a crack at saying the same thing.

    • @joshkier
      @joshkier Před 4 lety +2

      @@markcarey8426 "fantastical inventions" ahaha oh dear you poor man

  • @scientificatheist9381
    @scientificatheist9381 Před 5 lety

    The best. Keep them coming

  • @momohuihi6079
    @momohuihi6079 Před 2 lety

    Useful, thanks!

  • @bradagee9041
    @bradagee9041 Před 3 lety +4

    Thumbnail guy needs a weekly promotion.

  • @RibbittIII
    @RibbittIII Před rokem +3

    the balls you need to make the title of a 3 minute video, ‘How the Best Stories are Written”, man!

  • @simontmn
    @simontmn Před 6 lety +66

    Gandalf's not gay!! :D

    • @kevinclements8749
      @kevinclements8749 Před 6 lety +11

      simontmn But he does enjoy a longer staff ;)

    • @flandequeso4847
      @flandequeso4847 Před 6 lety +12

      Gandalf had a rivalry with the wizard Saruman before he fell to corruption.
      Dumbledore had a romance/rivalry with the wizard Grindelwald before he fell to corruption.
      Both of these dark wizards initially set out on the path to create a revolutionary new order for the greater good by studying the dark arts, but were consumed by it. Both of their benevolent counterparts successfully integrated their shadows where the other could not!
      Maybe Dumbledore had a tougher time of it, having to overcome the dark side of his own sexuality as well...

    • @strategicgamingwithaacorns2874
      @strategicgamingwithaacorns2874 Před 6 lety +11

      Ian McKellen, on the other hand...

    • @renansilva3879
      @renansilva3879 Před 6 lety +6

      WE DON'T CARE, LET GANDALF BE HAPPY!

    • @jmckinney149
      @jmckinney149 Před 6 lety +1

      The hobbits are though.

  • @MGgmdd
    @MGgmdd Před 6 lety +2

    During the course of the video I pressed the like button twice, Jesus H. Peterson!

  • @kimmyqueen8009
    @kimmyqueen8009 Před 3 lety +2

    ❤️

  • @sunilpoojary7245
    @sunilpoojary7245 Před 5 lety +7

    He could easily be a great "WIZARD" in a suit maybe he gets powers from it 🤣🤩

  • @georgiewen
    @georgiewen Před 2 lety

    brandon sanderson also talks about the pyramid of abstraction in his lectures

  • @orangewarm1
    @orangewarm1 Před 5 lety +8

    i heard romance (wooing, gentlemanly conduct towards a woman) is only about 1,200 years old. i heard somewhere that the medieval knights created the idea of romance in western culture. before that sex was sex and marriage was for the stability of the community. still love must be as old as people -- caring for children is a selfless act. maybe, i'll think on it.

    • @filozof9043
      @filozof9043 Před 3 lety +3

      in medieval Europe it did come in 13th century but it was brought from Middle East and islamic culture

    • @ibraheemchoudhry
      @ibraheemchoudhry Před 3 lety

      @@filozof9043 Source?

    • @habboUdviseren
      @habboUdviseren Před 2 lety

      @@ibraheemchoudhry The Quran, Hadiths, Narrations, Biography of Prophet Muhammed PBUH

  • @dontudare9356
    @dontudare9356 Před rokem

    Have a common stereotype structure and show it in a way that connects with the audience...

  • @michaelcalibri3620
    @michaelcalibri3620 Před 3 měsíci

    Humanizing is a lot more complex than he states. It's rather much a function of style. Jung was never going to write Harry Potter, nor was Jordan Peterson. Not in a thousand years.

  • @SerapioSergiovich
    @SerapioSergiovich Před 2 lety

    Movie with proper plot.

  • @arumyn3070
    @arumyn3070 Před 2 lety +2

    LOTR nerds whining ahead

  • @bonniebester606
    @bonniebester606 Před 3 lety +2

    Specificity? That's a First for this Wordy Woman! lol

  • @itsnotatoober
    @itsnotatoober Před 6 lety +2

    I dont understand why the need to create this whole "archetype" thing. These are basic things to us as people so they resonate with us. What's the point of saying that they're archetypes? To understand how to make good stories? We all like sex and winning etc etc, we all know that. Does anyone understand what I'm saying who knows what he's talking about too?

    • @jeffappleton926
      @jeffappleton926 Před 6 lety +12

      It's not about creating an archetype thing. It's about identifying and naming the "basic things that resonate with us" with a view to better understanding them. With this knowledge we are better able to examine, challenge or support them in stories at a deeper and more interesting level.

    • @gilesleggett
      @gilesleggett Před 3 lety

      What do you think the characters in Tarot are then?

    • @jhkeum0124
      @jhkeum0124 Před 3 lety +1

      So dumb🤣

    • @iaamara8434
      @iaamara8434 Před 8 měsíci

      @@jeffappleton926 kind of you to answer to this simpleton

  • @JoseSanchez-yb5wx
    @JoseSanchez-yb5wx Před 2 lety +2

    Dr Peterson, the first sentence was absolutely blasphemous. Gandalf is 20000x better than Dumbledore.