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A related story featured on HN a couple of days ago [1]. I'll echo JonnieCache and recommend Jordan Peterson's lectures [2]. If you are concerned about investing the time in an entire lecture, check out the video "Dragons, Divine Parents, Heroes and Adversaries: A complete cosmology of being" [3]; it gives a high level overview of the content contained within his lectures. I believe 'Personality and its Transformations' (2014 series) followed by 'Maps of Meaning' (2015) to be the best approach, though I haven't yet had a chance to listen to the 2016 releases.

Jordan has uncanny ability to piece together observations on human behavior with science and mythology; expounding humanity's nuances, ticks and everyday common behavior through the lens of ancient mythology, evolution and ideas and theories by notable psychologists and philosophers.

Keep an open mind while listening, but also be prepared to think critically about many of his assumptions and assertions as Jordan takes a number of 'educated' leaps (and demands you follow) in regards to published studies and what they may infer, but the leaps are never illogical - just yet to be soundly proven.

Overall, listening to these lectures truly was a transformative experience for myself.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10941363 [2] https://www.youtube.com/user/JordanPetersonVideos [3]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqONu6wDYaE

edit: linked this story and not the previous one.