Two-thirds of cloud security incidents could have been avoided if the configuration of apps, databases, and security policies were correct, new research suggests.
On Wednesday, IBM Security X-Force published its latest Cloud Security Threat Landscape report, spanning Q2 2020 through Q2 2021.
According to the research, two out of three breached cloud environments observed by the tech giant "would likely have been prevented by more robust hardening of systems, such as properly implementing security policies and patching systems."
While sampling scanned cloud environments, in every case of a penetration test performed by X-Force Red, the team also found issues with either credentials or policies.
"These two elements trickled down to the most frequently observed initial infection vectors for organizations: improperly configured assets, password spraying, and pivoting from on-premises infrastructure," IBM says. "In addition, API configuration and security issues, remote exploitation and accessing confidential data were common ways for threat actors to take advantage of lax security in cloud environments."
The researchers believe that over half of recent breaches also come down to shadow IT, which may include apps and services that are not managed or monitored by central IT teams.
Misconfiguration, API errors or exposure, and oversight in securing cloud environments have also led to the creation of a thriving underground market for public cloud initial access. According to IBM, in 71% of ads listed -- out of close to 30,000 -- Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access is on offer for criminal purposes.
In some cases, cloud environment access is being sold for as little as a few dollars, although depending on the perceived value of the target -- such as for information theft or potential ransomware payments -- access can fetch thousands of dollars.
IBM's report also states there has been an increase in vulnerabilities impacting cloud applications, with close to half of over 2,500 reported bugs being disclosed in the past 18 months.
Once an attacker has obtained access to a cloud environment, cryptocurrency miners and ransomware variants were dropped in close to half of the cases noted in the report. There is also evolution in the payloads being dropped, with old malware strains focused on compromising Docker containers, whereas new code is often being written in cross-platform languages including Golang.
"Many businesses don't have the same level of confidence and expertise when configuring security controls in cloud computing environments compared to on-premise, which leads to a fragmented and more complex security environment that is tough to manage," IBM says. "Organizations need to manage their distributed infrastructure as one single environment to eliminate complexity and achieve better network visibility from cloud to edge and back."
In other cloud security news, Apple paid a bug bounty hunter $28,000 after he accidentally wiped out Shortcuts functionality for users while testing the firm's apps and CloudKit. The issue was caused by a misconfiguration on the iPad and iPhone maker's part and allowed the researcher to -- albeit unintentionally -- delete default zones in the Shortcuts service.
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As the world shut down last year, business at SkyKick -- a 100 percent partner-focused company providing cloud automation and management tools -- boomed.
In the spring of 2020, after years of development, SkyKick launched its latest product: Cloud Manager, a workflow automation application for help-desk administration. The timing was impeccable, if unplanned. Just as employees around the world were transitioning to remote work and their employers were commissioning cloud services in bulk to support them, SkyKick was rolling out a product to help IT services providers (ITSPs) consolidate the management of all the ensuing moving parts.
"Obviously we couldn't have predicted the pandemic," said Todd Schwartz, SkyKick co-founder and co-CEO, in a recent interview with RCP, "but it actually worked out well because this was the tool that they [ITSPs] needed to basically manage the influx of demand for all these different SaaS applications. And so, we've seen incredible pick-up on that product since we launched it last spring."
SkyKick's good fortune has only continued. The company announced this week that it has secured $130 million in financing, bringing its total capital raised over the $200 million mark. The infusion of cash will go toward product development, as well as further development of SkyKick's partner-facing support teams.
"Across the board, it's capital that's going right into the market to help partners be more successful," Schwartz said.
Automation for Customers -- And Their PartnersIt's no secret that cloud computing was one of the few markets that thrived during the pandemic, with small and midsize businesses, in particular, greatly accelerating their consumption throughout 2020. Cloud had its biggest single-quarter spending increase in the fourth quarter of 2020 at $3 billion, and demand is likely to continue to surge through the end of 2021. As Schwartz put it, the pandemic was a "cloud accelerator."
This presents a unique set of opportunities -- and challenges -- for the kinds of partners that SkyKick serves. One avenue for growth for ITSPs is data protection, noted SkyKick co-founder and co-CEO Evan Richman.
"As more people are moving to the cloud, we've seen an overall increase in demand for data protection," Richman told RCP. "We're seeing MSPs and IT service providers taking that front and center, and more seriously, to serve that demand for their customers."
He added that one hurdle for partners is the sheer complexity of managing a multitude of cloud services for a multitude of new customers with their "still fairly limited resources." It's the kind of problem that SkyKick's automation products are made for, from the aforementioned Cloud Manager, to its migration- and backup-automation solutions for Microsoft 365.
"The need to have more automation around how they [ISTPs] administer and support their customers, both from Microsoft and cross-cloud, is growing because there's been such a surge in overall support tasks that they need to accomplish to cover all these cloud applications and all these additional support tickets," Richman said.
Even within their own operations, many services providers may find they can use a good dose of automation themselves. Most partners, after all, were not exempt from the regional stay-at-home orders that took effect at the start of the pandemic last year.
"The ISTPs themselves are having to be remote workers," Richman pointed out, "whereas before, you can imagine a support desk where everyone is sitting around, and how they supported customers could be...local knowledge, that native knowledge that you get from talking to each other."
The point is that to keep operations running smoothly while transitioning from in-person work to remote work, both partners and their customers need to adopt a certain level of automation and standardization.
Keeping SMBs 'Resilient'The $130 million in new funding announced this week is SkyKick's sixth insider-led round, according to the company's announcement. Contributors included member's of SkyKick's current investor pool, such as Trebuchet Capital and Schechter Private Capital, but also new participation from Morgan Stanley, which provided equity and debt.
"We are thrilled to partner with SkyKick and its outstanding management team," said Hank D'Alessandro, managing director of Morgan Stanley, in a prepared statement. "We believe that the company is very well positioned in the market to accelerate its growth trajectory and continue to innovate and serve IT Service Providers globally."
As Schwartz sees it, the new funding will enable SkyKick to continue nurturing a partner community that has helped keep many SMBs afloat during an extremely challenging year-and-a-half.
"I think SMBs, in particular, are so resilient, and it's been inspiring to see so much transformation happen across such a massive market," he said. "The IT service provider community is really the unsung heroes that helped this massive global community transform their business and adapt to this post-pandemic world, however it evolves."
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NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Over the past decade, cloud computing has become the foundation for the delivery of mobile and content services as well as an alternative to traditional enterprise computing environments. As businesses pivot to a digital-first economy, cloud will continue to play an ever greater, and even dominant, role as the IT industry focuses on delivering greater efficiency, flexibility, and faster innovation. Given its central role in the future enterprise, International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts "whole cloud" spending total worldwide spending on cloud services, the hardware and software components underpinning the cloud supply chain, and the professional/managed services opportunities around cloud services will surpass $1.3 trillion by 2025 while sustaining a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.9%.
"In today's digital-first world, business outcomes and innovation are increasingly tied to the ability to develop and use innovative technologies and services anywhere, as quickly as possible. Cloud is the foundation for meeting this need," said Rick Villars, group vice president, Worldwide Research at IDC. "Entire industries want to intelligently leverage data to their advantage and can do so because they have faster access to digital technologies built on a cloud foundation."
IDC's forecast looks at both shared (public) cloud services and dedicated (private) cloud services. These are defined as follows:
Shared (Public) Cloud as-a-Service for infrastructure, platforms, and various software offerings continues to be the largest, and fastest increasing, engine of growth for the whole cloud market. Combined spending on shared cloud services Infrastructure as-a-Service (IaaS), System Infrastructure Software as-a-Service (SISaaS), Platform as-a-Service (PaaS), and Software as-a-Service (SaaS) will total $385 billion in 2021 and will see a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 21.0% through 2025, reaching $809 billion.
Dedicated (Private) Cloud Services, which includes hosted private cloud services and the fast-emerging Dedicated Cloud Infrastructureas-a-Service (DCIaaS) segment, will grow at a faster CAGR of 31.0%, but from a much smaller revenue base of $5 billion in 2021.
The as-a-Service segments of cloud spending, combining Shared Cloud as-a-Service and Dedicated Cloud as-a-Service, will account for the majority of all cloud spending throughout the forecast, growing from 55.7% in 2021 to 64.1% in 2025. These segments will also see the fastest growth in spending, with a five-year CAGR of 21.3%.
Cloud Buildout the hardware, software, and standard support services for these cloud assets represents the most critical area of cloud spending outside the as-a-Service segments. IDC has already established that spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud infrastructure will continue to outpace non-cloud IT infrastructure investments throughout its forecast. The five-year CAGR for cloud hardware, software, and support is expected to be 11.8%.
The two remaining segments of cloud spending that are not part of the as-a-Service total are cloud-related professional services and managed cloud services. Cloud-related professional services encompass a range of project-based services, such as strategic planning, assistance in implementation or adoption of all types of cloud services, and other projects that require a cloud delivery capability as a foundational element. Managed cloud services are the provision of management capabilities to ensure 24x7 operations of cloud technologies and architectures, both applications and infrastructure, and associated business processes and "embedded" professional services. Cloud-related professional services and managed cloud services will see similar levels of spending throughout the forecast, with managed cloud services experiencing faster spending growth over the course of the forecast.
Moving forward, the fundamentals driving the cloud market will continue to shift with the transition to a digital-first economy. For cloud service providers (both shared and dedicated), the focus will be on defining the types and scale of resources delivered, governing the movement, storage, and analysis of data, and establishing robust developer, security, and subject matter ecosystems. For cloud infrastructure providers, the development and deployment of specialized capabilities across diverse environments will become more important than extending the breadth of generalized solutions. And for IT organizations, the governance of diverse cloud resources and data sets will pose critical operational challenges.
"With enterprises focusing more on 'outcomes' in their cloud selection processes, the long-term focus for all cloud providers will be on strengthening their relationships with business, not IT, from device, to edge, to network, to core," Villars added.
The IDC report, Whole Cloud Forecast 2021-2025: The Path Ahead for Cloud in a Digital-First World (Doc #US47397521), identifies the variety of cloud-related (i.e., "whole cloud") opportunities available for the 20212025 period, including, but encompassing, much more than the public cloud services market.
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While the public and private cloud models both have their strengths and weaknesses, the hybrid cloud model is now being the preferred choice for most organizations today, especially for those dealing with sensitive data.
As adoption rapidly grows, Gartner predicts that global end-user spending on public cloud services alone is expected to exceed US$ 480 billion by next year. Gartner also predicts that public cloud spending will exceed 45% of all enterprise IT spending by 2026.
In the Asia Pacific, the cloud has emerged as a core foundation of renewed tech focus. IDC reports public cloud services spending growth of over 38% to US$ 36.4 billion in 2020. China will be the largest market for public cloud services in 2020 amounting to 53.4% of Asia Pacifics total. Australia and India will be in second and third place respectively in terms of cloud spending in the region driven by fast adoption across enterprises and the presence of major global cloud providers of this technology in the region.
Meanwhile, the Southeast Asian region is also seeing increased cloud adoption. According to Catherine Lian, IBM Malaysia Managing Director, the growth of the cloud computing market in the ASEAN region is mainly driven by the fact that it costs less, coupled with the greater awareness of data security and the underlying technology.
In terms of cloud migration, at IBM we see Malaysias enterprises are moving in tandem with other peers. The number of initiatives by the government ensures that Malaysia is seen as a cloud-first nation, not only from an infrastructure perspective but also in terms of associated policies, standards, and best-in-class talent pool, said Catherine.
Referring to an IBM survey, Catherine added Malaysian respondents said that 19% of their IT spend is allocated to the cloud and they plan to increase the share of spend on a hybrid cloud from present 36% to 46% by 2023. Enterprises in Malaysia need an application development platform that can run on any cloud, workloads that can execute seamlessly across multiple clouds, and a comprehensive orchestration capability that spans across clouds.
With organizations embracing both a hybrid and multi-cloud framework, they need to adopt a unified approach to manage their clouds performance. This allows organizations to keep established IT in place, while also benefiting from the flexibility and agility provided by new cloud capabilities.
Organizations today deal with complex IT environments that have data and workloads scattered across clouds, and applications that range from traditional monolithic to cloud-native to containerized. Some are struggling with harnessing the full capabilities of their cloud environments and a lot of application modernization programs are stuck. Legacy is one of the major changes that organizations face on their journey to hybrid cloud and how to modernize services, explained Catherine.
Catherine highlighted that the best approach for multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments depends on several factors including security, governance, and orchestration. She added the best approach to workload deployment is on an application-by-application basis, and enterprises must consider unique security requirements, application characteristics, and dependencies in addition to the users, targets, and audiences.
Apart from that, modernizing the IT infrastructure that applications run on is also an important piece of the puzzle. Instead of simply moving applications from one environment to another, modernizing infrastructure and application architecture can create better access, control, and communication between workloads.
A successful digital transformation means that the mission-critical applications must be running and fully integrated with newer cloud-native applications, utilizing technology like machine learning and AI to streamline processes and deliver real business value. They need to know how to build a fully harmonized and integrated approach to ensure communication among applications.
A hybrid cloud architecture is a better approach as it will allow organizations to access innovation wherever they can find it so they can draw innovation from different platforms. As an open architecture, it will allow them to have a single integrated fabric across traditional, private, and public. It enables them to have a consistent security, and a consistent operating model. This architecture is really an important part of what the choice needs to be successful around the cloud, said Catherine.
At the same time, organizations need to choose the right partners in this transformational journey which is far from easy. Catherine believed that many cloud projects failed because they were led by an organization that lacked skills and products in terms of hardware infrastructure (compute, network, and storage), an organization with no experience in legacy applications, or an organization that did not know new operational aspects introduced by the cloud computing model and how such aspects influence the existing enterprise operations.
Operating a hybrid cloud also means organizations will have to keep track of multiple vendors and platforms and manage them between two computing environments. This is, of course, doable. They simply need to have clear workflows and processes and a solid team of managers and administrators to coordinate vendors and services and make sure nothing falls through the cracks. Organizations can establish tools to manage their hybrid cloud in real-time and discuss options with their cloud partner to see how these tools work before they migrate critical workloads that are vital.
With data growing exponentially and customers demanding better services, organizations need to be sure their cloud services can ultimately deliver that. The hybrid cloud prioritizes workloads based on the organizations need, be it on-premise or in the cloud. Understanding how it works best for their workloads and having the right infrastructure in place will only make things easier for businesses.
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Dr. Jordan B. Petersonhas taught me a hell of a lot.
Its no bloody joke, seriously. He did.
My understanding of life, psychology, philosophy, politics, history, my past, my future, my faults, goal setting, religion,relationships, lobsters, language, and social justice warriors is radically different now than it was a few years ago, and that is all thanks to good ol Dr. Peterson.
But thats actually just the tip of the iceberg. Peterson changed my life way beyond making me merely sound smarter in conversations.He helped me in a fundamental way to:
The Observersays hes The closest that academia has to a rock star, and the data backs this up.
He has 9692 supporters on Patreon and2,696 5-star reviews for his book 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos.
He is most famous, however, for his YouTube channel, which boasts 1.4 million subscribers.
Jordan Peterson is a dazzling, electrifying, charismatic, and profound public speaker who has spent a lifetime thinking about the ideas he discusses.
So with that said, below Ive compiled what I consider to be the top 50 greatest Jordan Peterson YouTube videos on the Internet.
If youre new to the work of Peterson, this list will serve as the perfect introductory curriculum. Go through them in any order and just start with the titles that seem most appealing to you.
But even if youre very acquainted with Jordan Petersons work, it doesnt matter, there should still be quite a few uncovered gems in this compilation.
Are you ready to dive in and rescue your father from the underworld? Then strap in bucko, were about to get sorted.
Jordan Petersons practical philosophy and action plan for changing the world begins by sorting yourself out first. The video is like the Jordan Peterson sort yourself out starter pack. It contains great book recommendations.
Note, this and many of his public talks and lectures are available on the Jordan Peterson podcastdefinitely check that out if youre more of a podcast person than a YouTube person.
This lecture describes the way the world is portrayed in deep stories (as a place of action rather than things) and how this sacred, archetypal way of viewing the world canteach us to be wiser.
According to Peterson, when you are inauthentic or act in ways out of alignment with your values, there is an actual feeling of disintegration in your body. If you pay attention to this feeling, and stop doing things that make you feel weak, you will be a far more formidable force in the world.
Jordan Peterson is in the 99th percentile for industriousness in the big five personality test. He is incredibly productive, prolific, and efficient in his field of work, but he still values his family more than anything:
Despite the fact that Im absolutely fascinated by my job and my career and Im in a fortunate position because its an extraordinarily interesting job, ever since I had kids they were the most important thing in my life, and as I get older that just becomes more and more and more clear.
This video, perhaps more than any other, introduced Jordan Peterson to the mainstream viewer. Cathy Newman, a Channel 4 interviewer, attempts to debate Peterson onthe gender pay gap, campus protests, and postmodernism by trying to put words in his mouth.WhenPeterson makes a point, Newman has a habit of replying with So youre saying [inserts something Peterson did not say].
This is a splendid Jordan Peterson interview which contains Petersons first extended psychologicalbreakdown ofthe Cathy Newman interview where he explains the role of herpersona and shadow. After his breakdown, he goes on to discuss the five main ideas in his work, at length.
One of Petersons most important messages is Tell the truth. In this video, Petersonrecalls a hilarious but insightful story where he had to deal with an extremely drunk ex-Hells Angel at 3AM who wanted to sell him a toaster.
Jordan Peterson married hishometown sweetheart and had two children with her. He has also been a practicing clinical psychologist for over 25 years, and many of his clients were in a relationship. In this video, Peterson tells you exactly what to do when your partner does something you dont want them to do its so obvious, yet none of us do it!
Jocko Willink was a Navy SEAL commander in Task Force Bruiser. He fought in the battle of Ramadi, Iraq. Besides his military accolades he has written three books, Extreme Ownership, The Way of the Warrior Kid, and Discipline Equals Freedom. Willink says that he has come to many of the same realizations as Peterson, but through life experience rather than books.
If youre a creative person but have high levels of neuroticism (you are sensitive to negative emotions), Peterson explains that you need to increase your conscientiousness by using a calendar and organizing your time better.
Even though Jordan Peterson is a well-respected teacher at the university of Toronto, when he shot to fame through YouTube he realizedthat he could teach more people with recorded videos than in a pure classroom setting. After starting a Patreon account he set a goal to rent out his own theatre and record a series of lectures on The Bible. They are absolutely incredible, and I would recommend listening to them all.
Stephen Molyneux is very smart dude with some interesting albeit polarizing views, a bit like Dr. Peterson. This is a wonderful back and forth, and I especially like the section on trauma and addiction.
This has been my favorite podcast of all time.
Joe Rogan after talking withJordan Peterson
There are quite a few Joe Rogan and Jordan PetersonYouTube videos in this list. Honestly, they are all super fascinating, unique, and profound. These are the interviews I listen to over and over. Typically in the realm of the democratic party, this may open your eyes on more than a few matters.
This TED talk will change how youperceive reality. Watch it.
This is a section from the Stephen Molynuex and Jordan Peterson interview, but I think it deserves special mention here. Trauma is something that isnt discussed anywhere near as much as it should be in personal development circles. Jordan Peterson also co-created Self Authoring, a program that helped me considerably in healing my trauma.
I am a huge Sam Harris fan (his podcast is probably my favorite), but he has some differing opinions to Jordan Peterson. In this Jordan Peterson interview, they both set out to have an open conversation about a variety of topics but they ended up getting stuck on how to define what truth is. In some ways, this is a difficult conversation to listen to, but if you want to see two intellectual juggernauts go to battle over a fundamental question, this is absolutely worth listening to.
When you learn about dominance hierarchies, you will begin to see the world through a new lens. Jordan Petersons definition ofwhats real is essentially something that has existed for the longest time. Because dominance hierarchies have been around since before trees, its fair to say they are real. He gets deep into identity politics, andwhere white men and young men fit into the equation.
Even though Petersons ideas are deep and complicated, the way he presents them is often beautifully simple. One of the simplestinterpretations of reality Peterson uses is thatour psychological world is made from chaos and order. In this video, Peterson elaborates to explain what happens in your mind when the unexpected occurs.
Jordan Peterson seems his most impassioned when talking to young people who are full of potential and have the ability to change the world. If you fit this profile (or if youre just a human), watch this in its entirety.
One of the things that most drew me to Jordan Peterson was his willingness to investigate the more mysticalparts of existence and the psycheunlike scientists like Richard Dawkins. This video is one of the finest Iveseen of Petersons where he dives into themystical aspects of being human.
When Jordan Peterson lectures, he doesnt follow ascript. He prefers to think out loud and often goes off in tangents and tells stories to illustrate his point. This is a great anecdote on psychopathy and how we are all more corrupt than we think.
Atheists like Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens have extremely compelling arguments for atheism.Theirviewsare incredibly hard to contend with. But even so, for myself and many of my friends, there is something off with the new atheist movement. Jordan Peterson is one of the only scientists Ive seen who does a good job at elaborating on some of the issues with atheism.
You get to pick your damn sacrifice. Thats all. You dont get to not make one.
Jordan Peterson is like an online father figure. Much of his advice comes back to the basics like tell the truth, clean your room, grow up, take responsibility. In this video, Peterson discusses the dangers of remaining immature.
If you suffer from depression or even low moods, this is required viewing. There are many simple factors within your control that you may not be aware of.
In recent years, there have been many authors bashing on IQ, instead preferring to say that emotional intelligence or multiple intelligences are more important. Peterson explains in the video why IQ is still one of the best measuring tools we have to predict success.
The title for this one says it all.
This is possibly the most inspiring Jordan Peterson video in the list. If you stopped putting off doing the things you know you should be doing, what would you be like in 10 years?Truly ask yourself that.
This is part 2 of a longer interview where Petersongoes into the chapter of his book Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street. Petersons daughter had a very serious autoimmune disease which affected over forty joints and gave her severe depression. These problems startedwhenshe was two. Peterson explains how he was able to handle this catastrophe without it pulling him into the depths of hell.
Maajid Nawaz is an ex-Islamic extremist, but now he is reformed anda prominent speaker on political issues. Much of Petersons most popular teachings come under the realm of self-improvement, but this one providesa great discussion that focuses on politics and society.
I have always struggled to self-maintain a good, consistent routine, partly because I didnt see enough value in overcoming my natural tendency to choose flexibility over structure. That was until I watched this clip. Now I use Google Calendar every day.
Inside each of us, we have the capacity for both good and evil. But unless you truly develop and understand your dark side, you may be at its mercy. By accepting it and integrating it, we gain mastery over the unruly yet powerful parts of ourselves and become a better force for good in the world.
The Buddha taught that we should be mindful of our thoughts and emotions. Jordan Peterson has a similar idea related to psychoanalytic theory. If you watch your fantasies, youll find little sub-personalities loaded with a core of emotion which you can investigate and follow into diverging paths. When you watch your fantasies, youll be able to know thyself.
In this third conversation between Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson, they are far more familiar with each other. Joe also challenges many of the points he disagrees with Peterson on which forces Peterson to explain himself better.
How much better would the social world be if we listened to each other? Not just hear each other talk, or read each others comments, but actually listen. Peterson explains how we might do that in this video.
When I was an art student, all I wanted to do was figure out how I might make a living from my passion. This was the goal I had. As I got older, however, I realized that the best thing I could do was split myfinancial acquisition from my passion. If you have any creative aspirations, you will get a ton of value from this relatively short video.
If you are a fan of HighExistence, psychedelics being used as healing tools should not be a new concept for you. Hearing Jordan Peterson breakdown the psychological literature on psychedelics in a lecture about The Bible, however, is simply mind-blowing.
This is quite an awkward interview and Jordan Peterson doesnt come across the best according to many people. But its controversial and Peterson raises some important questions that most people are too afraid to ask, especially while being filmed.
I thought psychoanalysis and dream interpretation was pretty stupid before I encountered Jordan Peterson. Since then Ive taken an interest in books like The Denial of Death, and have even done some dream interpretation through journalling. I found the experience very healing and recommend you watch this video and give it a try yourself.
This is just a classic talk by Peterson on living a meaningful life. Every time youre feeling a little aimless, give this a watch. After being covered by outlets like Fox News, the Toronto Star,and York Times forsharing his thoughts about enforced monogamy videos like this should be making the rounds.
If you think fighting with your partner is bad for your relationship, think again. In fact, a little bit of fighting will stop things from getting too predictable. However, there is a line where too many negative interactions compared to positive interactions will negativelyimpact the relationship.
Have you ever been addicted to something? Drugs? Alcohol? Food? Nicotine? Pornography? If so, youll know just how difficult it is to give up. In this video, Peterson explains how addictions work in your brain, thus giving you some guidance on how you might give them up.
This doesnt cover tons of new ground, but it is a great Jordan Peterson interview. I especially like the way the two dissect topics on history and philosophy.
Russel Brand and Jordan Peterson in the same room having a discussion about life what couldnt you love about that? Brands views are based on compassion, love, spirituality, revolution, and change. Peterson, on the other hand, has a slightly sterner approach: dont fix whats not broken. I always love hearing conversations between two smart people who see the world inradicallydifferent ways. Though he focuses on many experiences from the Cold War era, he still can tackle modern spirituality with his usual charisma.
Just when we thought Hitler couldnt get any more evil, good ol Dr. Peterson explains how he was.
Ive been learning in recent months about the dangers of being too nice. Im naturally very agreeable and lack assertiveness and negotiation ability. It was Jordan Peterson who first alerted me to the dangers of being too nice, and told him to stand up straight. Im glad I listened.
When Ive experimented withplant medicine like psilocybin and ayahuasca, I have often heard the voice of my conscience. I wrote about that here. One thing Jordan Peterson does regularly is have a conversation with his own conscience, just as I did on plant medicine. Its an incredibly powerful technique. In this video, Peterson explains how he does it. MaybeDonald Trump should see this!
In this lecture, from the bigger lecture series Maps of Meaning, Peterson breaks down the psychological narrative of the Buddha and even makes the claim that Buddha had PTSD before his enlightenment. If youre at all interested in Buddhism and spirituality in general, by listening to this lecture, many of your loose incoherent ideas will come together.
Bret Weinstein is abiologist and evolutionary theorist, hearing him and Jordan Peterson dive deep into biology here is not only fascinating,but its also necessary.
This is the second conversation between Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson. In their first talk (listed earlier as number 16) they got caught up on the notion of truth and ended up in a debate where neither would concede. This discussion focuses more on Petersons claims about mythology. Sam Harris raises some fantastic counter-arguments, as per usual. Which side are you on?
Aubrey Marcus is a self-improvement badasssimilar to Joe Rogan, hes someone whos combined many different elements of life advancement (plant medicine, meditation, fitness, entrepreneurship) to create a really epic lifestyle.
Still, as soon as Petersons initial stint inrehab became public in 2019, threads sprang up in Peterson-related forums aboutwhether his fans should think less of him in light of his struggles with benzodiazepines.He was using a drug to escape the pain of reality, period. Call it whateveryou like, but it doesnt change the facts, wrote the user KingLudwigII on Reddit. In fact, dependence and addiction arehealth issues, not character defects, and if you pressed Peterson on thatpoint, hed probably agree. However, that message is a tough sell to many ofPetersons fans, who are drawn to his macho image and his personal story oftriumph over adversity.
By August or September 2019, Petersonshealth had deteriorated to the point that the family was more worried about himthan his cancer-stricken wife, Mikhaila said in an appearance onRT, the Russian propaganda network aimed at audiences outside of Russia.
There are established ways of treating adependence on benzodiazepines, a class of sedativesincluding Klonopin(clonazepam), Valium (diazepam), and Xanax (alprazolam)used for anxiety,insomnia, and epilepsy. Introduced to the U.S. market in 1960 as an alternative to barbiturates,benzodiazepines can be useful in treating a variety of conditions from panicattacks to muscle spasms. They can be very helpful for short-term andintermittent use, but their benefits tend to wanewhen they are used every day. They can also cause physical dependence within four weeks. If a person whos physicallydependent on benzodiazepines stops taking the drugs suddenly, they can sufferfrom withdrawal symptoms including severe anxiety, agitation, and evenlife-threatening seizures.
Dr. Olivera Bogunovic, the medical director ofambulatory services at Bostons McLean Hospital and an assistant professor of psychiatryat Harvard Medical School, developed an outpatient program towean patients off benzodiazepines almost a decade ago. Prior to that, sherecalls, patients were being detoxed over four days in the hospital, becausethat was all insurance would pay for. Four days is a very rapid detox, and itsometimes resulted in the patients having seizures.
What is up with millennials? Tropes of these avocado-toasted enthusiasts upending cherished American institutions abound; their disinterest can often signal a terminal crisis. One U.S. institution feeling the pain of a millennial exodus is the Catholic Church, and those in charge, the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, are seeking new ideas on how to stop the hemorrhaging.
At the U.S.C.C.B. spring general assembly in Baltimore, the attrition of churchgoing youth was the focus of a June 11 address by Auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron of Los Angeles, chairman of the bishops Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis. But the bishop stepped into a social media hornets nest after he cited another media-savvy public intellectual, Jordan Peterson, among signs of hope for engaging Americas nonesthat millennial cohort of the religiously unaffiliated, whom Bishop Barron called the second greatest crisis facing the church.
Mr. Peterson, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto and bestselling author, has enjoyed success with young, mostly male, millennials. With a no-frills approach to self-help, he lectures on themes from the incursion of political correctness and postmodernism on college campuses to the Psychological Significance of Biblical Stories. The latter topic has garnered Mr. Peterson a follower in Bishop Barron, who has examined the professor in articles and podcasts prior to the spring assembly.
One of the reasons why Barron likes Peterson, Bill McCormick, aJesuit in formation, who has written on Petersons appeal for America, said, is that Peterson is this great example of someone who is attracting people, intellectually, the way Bishop Barron thinks that we need to be attracting people to the church.
But many on social media were dismayed that the bishops reference to Mr. Peterson seemed to disregard what some contend is the misogyny and bigotry spouted by the professor. One week after his remarks, Bishop Barron responded with an article reflecting on this reaction by the commentariat. In it, he describes an overheated response from some on the far-left end of the spectrum, whereby the mere mention of the name Jordan Peterson is enough to send some into irrational conniptions.
In an interview with America conducted over email, Bishop Barron said that the preoccupation with my brief reference to Jordan Peterson is disproportionate, adding that he was not really interested in the content of Petersons thought, but rather that Petersons intellectual approach was proving so efficacious on social media.
In fact, Bishop Barron has previously called Petersons Jungian dissection of Scripture a product of the Gnosticizing tendency to read biblical religion purely psychologically and philosophically and not at all historically.
The recovery of all sense of the Scripture would be useful in the Catholic conversation today, Bishop Barron said. Mr. Peterson gestures occasionally to what I would term the metaphysical or supernatural sense, but he leaves this mostly undeveloped. Its also not entirely clear that he believes in God in the traditional sense of the term.
Obviously, Bishop Barron continued, I find his method inadequatewhich is why it is flatly wrong to say, as some have, that I am basing my apologetics on Peterson.
Bishop Barron is the founder of Word on Fire, a media ministry aimed at renewing the church. His presence on- and offline extends far beyond Word on Fire and has included a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) and presentations to tech giants like Google and Facebook. An engagement with the digital sphere of Catholicism, a realm that tends to attract younger cohorts, has uniquely positioned Bishop Barron to discuss how to encourage this population back into the fold.
His address to his fellow bishops in Baltimore began with sobering statistics: Half of those aged 30 and under who were raised as Catholics have left the church, and one out of six millennials in the U.S. is now a former Catholic. He called the emptying of pews a bitter fruit of the dumbing-down of our faith.
Please dont take this as a one-sided endorsement of Jordan Peterson, Bishop Barron told bishops before discussing what he termed the Jordan Peterson phenomenon. Mr. Peterson, according to Bishop Barron, has attracted the attention of millions of young people who are listening to a very mild mannered, high level speaker discussing our book [the Bible].
It is not obvious how the Peterson phenomenon would fare as a model for the bishops to adopt. How might the church tap into the fervor that surrounds Peterson, and is this a worthwhile approach to engaging with the nones?
Many did not think so. At a press conference following the address, Bishop Barron was asked about those who regard Mr. Peterson as an icon of the anti-political-correctness movement and as anything up to and including a white supremacist, characterizations Mr. Peterson resists. Bishop Barron said his message to the bishops was not go out and read Jordan Peterson, rather, it was that we too should be able to speak at a high level about our own great text, the Bible, in a way that young people will find compelling.
During the press conference at the bishops meeting, Bishop Barron said that Mr. Petersons insight is close to what the church fathers would have called the moral sense of Scripture. In other words, Mr. Peterson stresses the moral and practical takeaways of biblical narratives while largely ignoring the Bibles spiritual and historical realities as taught by the church. But is the professors moral-narrative approach to the Bible something that actually contributes to his success with younger populations? If that were the case, what good would the bishops potential attempt to adopt Petersons style be?
Its not clear to me what a Peterson strategy would look like, Mr.McCormick said. A Peterson strategy for the church is also somewhat mysterious because what Peterson is doing is profoundly individualistic and even lonely. The church seeks communion and unity with God and among people. I am not sure Peterson is interested in that.
What Bishop Barron might say is that any strategy for attracting the nones needs to be a conversation oriented toward beauty and listening to other people, Mr. McCormick said. Peterson himself is not exactly interested in those things. A lot of the reaction against Peterson is that he tends to be combative, polemical and unsympathetic to those he opposes.
The polemics are not limited to Mr. Peterson and his critics. Those who have experienced the Catholic internet have glimpsed the various camps that are regularly at odds with one another over the finer points of liturgy, doctrine and, yes, Jordan Peterson.
In his blog post, Bishop Barron deplored this polarized and ideologically driven online environment where the most elementary distinctions arent made and the most broad-brush analyses are commonplace.
I dearly wish that people would actually listen to what their interlocutors are saying, Bishop Barron told America. He suggested that in the manner of Thomas Aquinas those seeking engagement on social media should refrain from a straw man approach that purports an easily defeated position but should steel-man their opponents arguments in the interest of true dialogue.
To seize on a name or a phrase or a slogan and then use that to categorize someone or put them in a camp gets us precisely nowhere, he said.
More than 2,000 young Americans gathered over the weekend in Houston to meet prominent conservatives and hear speeches and Q&As about media, politics, and conservatism.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a Texas Republican and former U.S. Navy SEAL who represents part of Houston, organized the event. On hand were Daily Wire founder Ben Shapiro, podcaster Dave Rubin, former Fox News and NBC anchor Megyn Kelly, bestselling author Dr. Jordan Peterson, and several other conservative leaders.
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Youre here because you think conservatism is a better path forward for America, Crenshaw, who descended theatrically from the ceiling in a crowd-pleasing reprise of the campaign ad that showed him jumping out of a helicopter. Youd be right. But I didnt bring you here to rally on and on about how great we are. This isnt a rally I brought you here so that you might have a better understanding of what it means to partake from the rich, conservative, traditions.
Crenshaw held a Q&A with anti-human trafficking activists Jaco Booyens and Courtney Litvak. In 2020, President Donald Trump appointed Litvak, herself a survivor, to the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking.
Rubin discussed Californias gubernatorial recall election coming up Tuesday and his journey from far-left to center-right commentary. Kelly answered questions about media bias and offered advice about how to foster a burgeoning journalism career.
Weve seen a complete collapse of the journalistic system," Kelly said before urging those in attendance to never settle for less, to stop complaining, and to be excellent in every job they do.
After lunch and a performance by Texas country music stars the Josh Abbott Band, the afternoon session included a speech by Tony Robbins, the motivational speaker of Netflixs I Am Not Your Guru fame.
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Elisha Krauss, Antonia Okafor, Benji Backer, and Morgan Zegers spoke on a panel called Youth Outreach and Activism, specifically targeted to their Generation Z audience. Black Rifle Coffee Company founders Mat Best, Jarred Taylor, and Evan Hafer also spoke on entrepreneurship and conservatism.
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Although the event felt like a rally with its thumping intro music and bright, colorful lights, Crenshaw said its purpose was to grow the conservative movement, not just get people charged up.
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Laura Kennedy, who holds a doctorate in philosophy and also works as a beauty editor, has started her own podcast, Second Self. Second Captains fans might remember Kennedys fascinating discussions with Ken Early on Conor McGregor and Jordan Peterson (check your archives if not - I always thought they should start a philosophy-type podcast together).
She says Second Self is a podcast about the self we inherit and the one we create. Released fortnightly, the first episode is a conversation with Blindboy, which touches on everything from the state of Limerick, Limerick accents in media (or lack thereof), mental health, constructing personas (while wearing a plastic bag on your head), a little bit of Freud, and lots more. Its a great start to the series.
We talked to Kennedy about why the podcast started, what she has planned for it, and what shows shes listening to and would recommend.
Where did the idea for Second Self come from?
That the first version of ourselves is handed to us. The second one is ours to create until the day we die. I'm fascinated by people who aren't afraid to change their minds (and themselves), and how they do it in a world that discourages both. As an ex-philosopher and a writer, I'm lucky to meet unusual people and talk with them. Recording the conversations seemed like a good idea.
What do you hope to get from the podcast and what do you hope the audience gets?
I think that we are living in a particularly polarised time in our culture. We are experiencing a crisis of meaning, and there are a lot of incentives to politicise everything, or take positions on issues and refuse to consider the humanity or motivations of people who think differently. I find that boring and insufferable. Nuanced conversation and changing your mind are a part of being an intellectually developed adult, so I wanted to create something that represented that. Every guest is someone who owns their ideas and doesn't conform to expectations in some way or other - we can all benefit from hearing from these people.
You said you've been working on this for a long time - what took so long?
Even though I've interviewed plenty of people as a journalist, I'm not naturally a big talker, so fear that I'd be shite at talking with people put me off for a while, as did horror at the prospect of listening to my own voice. So I had to get over myself, and then I had to figure out the technological aspects of it (not my forte).
Blindboy was the first guest on the podcast. Was it almost a challenge to talk to such a seasoned podcaster who's so out there already, trying to get something new or different out of him?
No. We come from the same place and have a lot in common, and I went into it knowing he's great at this and I, being new to it and generally less of a legend, don't have his skill, so I just accepted that and enjoyed the conversation anyway. I hate overly produced content, and I haven't approached the project as someone with a background in legacy media (even though I am one). I'm not interested in trying to engineer juicy information or a good 'get' out of guests. I just want to have the sorts of conversations about life and ideas that people don't often get to hear or have. I go in with questions the guests haven't heard before precisely because these aren't traditional interviews. When you ask clever people unusual questions, interesting responses are inevitable.
What other guests have you lined up for Second Self?
At the moment, we're doing one episode every two weeks. Guests I've talked to so far include well-known writers, public intellectuals, people in sport, and some interesting people listeners might not yet know, but should. We touch on challenging topics and concepts that people don't often hear nuanced conversations about in the public forum, like race, gender, class and art, as well as lighter stuff. The aim is to discuss these things in a way that is accessible - neither haughty nor patronising. Every conversation is conducted in friendliness and good faith, and I like talking with people I don't agree with - homogeneity is boring and there's enough of that already.
What podcasts influenced Second Self?
None directly - I created it because I wanted it to exist but it didn't yet. There are a lot of high-brow academic podcasts touching on some of the same ideas, but many alienate people who don't find technical conversations peppered with specialised lingo inclusive or fun. There are also fluffier podcasts that don't dig far enough into the stuff I find interesting. I wanted a podcast where you can laugh about whacking a broken smoke alarm off a ceiling with a hurley, and also discuss surrealism, power and the philosophical concept of solemnity in one episode. Now we have one.
What other podcasts have you been enjoying lately?
I always get hooked on investigative podcasts. Where Is George Gibney was one of the best of the last two years I think. I've been enjoying new episodes of Bad Blood: The Final Chapter about Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos scandal. Philosophize This and You Must Remember This are among my all-time favourite podcasts for sheer enjoyment.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Long-term care facilities and nursing home staff will soon be required to be fully vaccinated under President Joe Biden's announcement last but some health officials in the state say the mandate is a bad idea.
The Missouri Health Care Association is telling lawmakers they support vaccination, but they don't support a mandate for staff.
"The vaccine hesitancy across the state, especially among the younger populations in our staff is something that we not been able to overcover," executive director for the Missouri Health Care Association Nikki Strong said.
"We don't believe a straightforward mandate is the appropriate way to achieve full vaccination in our facilities."
The association represents more than 65% of 500 nursing care facilities in the state. Strong told members of House Subcommittee on Appropriations - Health, Mental Health, and Social Services Tuesday afternoon some staff is threatening to quit if the mandate is enforced.
"She said to me, I will leave," Strong said about an employee. "I love long-term care, but I will leave long-term care and I will go into another, a completely different sector."
She said nursing facilities had extreme staff shortages before COVID and have worsened since the pandemic.
"We have lost a tremendous amount of staff due to exhaustion levels, burnout, stress, anxiety or in some cases, people that can stay home and make more money staying home than they can in our facility," Strong said.