when i first heard jordan peterson described to be my first thought was "sounds like an angry hateful guy" but then i started listening and though "wait, everything he's saying makes sense, y is everyone so angry at him?"https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/03/26/book-review-twelve-rules-for-life/ …
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> if you think of Peterson as a political commentator you’re missing the point. ... Philosopher, missing the point. Public intellectual, missing the point. ... So what’s the point? > The non-point-missing description of Jordan Peterson is that he’s a prophet.
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> You say the old cliches with such power and gravity that it wouldn’t even make sense for someone who wasn’t a prophet to say them that way. > “Weird. Must be a prophet. Better kneel.”pic.twitter.com/OJ2AWcGBvA
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> Lewis believes that Hell is a choice. On the literal level, it’s a choice not to accept God. But on a more metaphorical level, it’s a choice to avoid facing a difficult reality by ensconcing yourself in narratives of victimhood and pride
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the most common lie i've seen is the head nodding of "yea that TOTALLY makes sense" that is squeezed out of individual hoomans by peer pressure & desire for belonging. doesn't matter if it's a big tech company or a spiritual circle of hippiespic.twitter.com/V5b5db6G5h
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> Also, later he goes on and says that suffering is an important part of life, and that attempting to banish suffering will destroy your ability to be a complete human.
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> I said before that thinking of Peterson as a philosopher was missing the point. Am I missing the point here? Surely some lapses in philosophical groundwork are excusable if he’s trying to add meaning to the lives of millions of disillusioned young people.
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> If you understand your role in the great cosmic drama, which is as a hero-figure transforming chaos into order, then you’ll do the things you know are right, be at one with yourself, and be happier, more productive, and less susceptible to totalitarianism.
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> Psychotherapy is really hard. Your patient comes in, says their twelve-year old kid just died in some tragic accident. Didn’t even get to say good-bye. They’re past their childbearing age now, so they’ll never have any more children. And then they ask you for help.
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> But if Peterson forms a religion, I think it will be a force for good. Or if not, it will be one of those religions that at least started off with a good message before later generations perverted the original teachings and ruined everything.
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> I see the r/jordanpeterson subreddit is already two-thirds culture wars, so they’re off to a good start. Why can’t we stick to the purity of the original teachings, with their giant gold lobster idols?
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