Dissecting the Top 1 Percent
Most of us share the stereotypical view of the top 1 percent of society in their ivory towers, living in luxury and barking orders. That can’t be farther from the truth says Dr. Jordan Peterson, clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Toronto.
“You think that the people that run things are sitting at home, smoking big cigars and telling their minions what to do,” Peterson says. “That’s like the 1920s millionaire that’s on the cover of the Monopoly game. That’s no sociological analysis. I know some people like that and they work all the time.”
Peterson acknowledges that some of these people at the top are corrupt, but says the vast majority are efficient and smart, and most of them happen to be men. He explains in this episode of Wisdom Talks.
