Clinical psychologist and University of Toronto professor Jordan B. Peterson already had a vast library of YouTube videos documenting his university lectures and other talks when he found himself at the center of a free speech controversy in 2016. Since then, his popularity has skyrocketed as countless curious individuals sought him out initially, one might guess, for his views on the controversy but stayed for the wisdom he had been sharing for years.
His new book, “12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos,” is the culmination of that wisdom— expounding practical advice like “stand up straight” and “tell the truth” backed up by none other than the edicts of evolutionary biology, psychology, ancient mythology, Eastern and Western philosophy, and the Bible.
