Ignorant, binary opinions about @jordanbpeterson are now tribal membership badges. Culture warriors attribute generic tribal claims to him that he does not hold, afaict.
This harms discussion, because what he actually says is different and more interesting.
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I write about meaning, nihilism, adult developmental psychology, and religious and cultural history. So does @jordanbpeterson. Our explanations often coincide—because they're mostly mainstream, not original. We're collators & popularizers mainly.https://meaningness.com/preview-eternalism-and-nihilism …Show this thread -
My training was in discrete mathematics, so I try to fit everything into a neat overarching system. Which is pretty funny, because the central premise of the system is that you can't fit things into a neat overarching system!https://meaningness.com/modes-chart Show this thread -
I tacitly expected @jordanbpeterson to have constructed a system, and tried to figure it out. I suspect now that systematization is not part of his approach. It's literary, not STEM-ish. (But I still haven't read his big book!) https://meaningness.com/resolutionShow this thread -
Archetypical myths are powerful sources of insight; we both draw on them. They can also be powerfully misleading.
Interpreting and applying mythic insight requires meta-systematic judgement.https://buddhism-for-vampires.com/romancing-the-shadow …Show this thread -
What I don’t understand about @jordanbpeterson’s work is how he thinks about which sorts of implications can legitimately be drawn from myth. Critical thread from@CathyYoung63 on that:https://twitter.com/CathyYoung63/status/998679471157850112 …Show this thread -
Both @jordanbpeterson and I write about the culture war. Some things he says I agree with; some I disagree; many I don't understand. He seems to be, roughly, a social conservative. I am not.https://meaningness.com/counterculture-war …Show this thread -
We agree strongly that catastrophic collapse of cultural systems is possible in the near term. This is important and urgent.
The culture war's obsession with trivia is both a symptom and a cause.https://meaningness.com/atomized-mode Show this thread -
SJWs and the alt-right BOTH tend to anti-systematic destructiveness. Refraining from the culture war is beneficial.
If I have any tentative opinion about @jordanbpeterson, it is that taking a side was a mistake, in the long run.https://meaningness.com/metablog/communal-vs-systematic-politics …Show this thread -

Leave culture war hatred behind.
@jordanbpeterson presents possibilities for living you may find useful regardless of your tribe. It's feasible to separate them from his political views (many-to-most of which I do not agree with).Show this thread -

I’ve suggested a recipe for resolving culture war issues, and shown how to apply it to gender and to nations:https://meaningness.com/completing-countercultures …Show this thread -

Help build something new and better!
The future is important and exciting. Don’t waste your present arguing about lobsters.https://meaningness.com/fluidity-desiderata …Show this thread
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