Dr Arthur Brooks
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Why Smart People Still Chase The Wrong Things ft. Jordan Peterson
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11:10Now PlayingI play a game with my students at Harvard called “What’s My Idol?”
It comes from St. Thomas Aquinas, who wrote that every one of us chases one of four idols: money, power, pleasure, or honor, and that the one we chase the most is where we’ll make our biggest mistakes. In this conversation with Jordan Peterson, I share what my idol is (and he shares what his is), and what it taught me about human nature.
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