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This indictment of Jordan Peterson from a friend & colleague is thoughtful, subtle, and disturbing thestar.com/opinion/2018/0

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read it, honestly it just sounds like he's a person who gets carried away and believes whatever he's carried with. Plus lots of charisma and energy.

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The critique seems even more interesting when read with Scott Alexander's review of his book, where he calls him a 'prophet' slatestarcodex.com/2018/03/26/boo Huh, just noticed there's that uncertainty reduction thing again

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It is consistent with my read of Peterson as someone who stumbled into fame and does not know how to handle it

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This is probably the take that best explains his wild fluctuations between brilliant little insights and absolute nonsense. He can't draw the line.

9:19 AM · May 26, 2018Twitter Web Client

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Exactly.

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Good backgrounder. Would love a similar read on why his approach and content seems to engage so many right now.

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He's acquired a much harder edge over just the last few months. I cut him some slack b/c: 1) he's not well, prone to depression & some autoimmune disorders. 2) I've had a shitload of grandiose ideas myself, usually unable to articulate them well.

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May 15, 2018

Meseems observations are now opinions which means endorsements because why else would one be making observations unless one were endorsing them.

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Yeah, well, me too. But cutting him some slack on a personal level has nothing to do with being alarmed by his prominence or his actions.

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