Anyone have thoughts on why passions run so high around Jordan Peterson? Seems to be an unusually polarizing figure.
I've listened to him speak at length. My overwhelming impression is that he does NOT make the fundamental attribution error. His psychological training and clinical work has prevented him from making that mistake.
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What he does assert (with evidence) is that certain personality types are better suited for certain sorting games. He notes that cutthroat, workaholic, mildly sociopathic personalities tend to do well in corporate power hierarchies. He doesn't say this is a good thing.
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that might amount to a weak claim of personality determinism. Because he's got a clinical/self-help orientation though he tries to help people either improve at their relevant sorting game, or find a better environment where they are more able to thrive.
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this orientation is very different from what activists attempting to do institutional change are focused on though. it's a major point of contention. JBP says "adapt to your environment". The activists say "forcibly change the environment".
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Right, I don't disagree with this. I think that some of his audience might not pick up on it, though. My sense is that many people hear him saying "this is what you need to do" and (consciously or not) add in the assumption that if it "works," they deserve their rewards
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yes, that seems likely. he does seem to be authentically helpful for a lot of his audience though. one would hope that over time the message gets refined and his audience develops more introspection.
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