154. Abandon Ideology | Gad Saad

Join Dr. Peterson for five standout moments from behind the DW+ paywall: Megyn Kelly reflects on motherhood, IVF, and the need for cultural matchmaking beyond Tinder; Michael Saylor makes the case for Bitcoin as decentralized economic sovereignty and outlines its political rise; ...  Show more

Dr. Peterson discusses education challenges, praising homeschooling over the flawed K-12 system, exploring new learning models, and stressing critical thinking in a world dominated by low-attention span media environments. He also highlights the importance of teacher passion, cha ...  Show more

I discuss the precursors of evolutionary psychology (ethology, behavioral ecology, Darwinian anthropology, gene-culture coevolution, memetics), followed by the key tenets of evolutionary psychology (domain-specific versus domain-general computational systems; proximate versus ...

Gad Saad is a Professor of Marketing at Concordia University, author of The Consuming Instinct and, more recently, The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense. Self described as the 'Gadfather' with a podcast called the Saad Truth, he's certainly well versed ...  Show more

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My book The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secret ...

The general XSpaces session followed by the Q&A XSpaces session for subscribers was held on February 26, 2024. Apologies for some of the poor audio quality during the Q&A session (stemming from the subscribers).

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