2017/03/11: Strengthen the Individual: A counterpoint to Post Modern Political Correctness

This is a lecture (Q & A forthcoming) that I gave in Ottawa, Canada's capital city, on Saturday. I discuss the development of post-modernism, its relationship to Marxism, the dangers it poses to the civilization of the West, and what might be done, in consequence.
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[@jeffreysegal2065]

So nice that his wife gave him such a warm introduction.

[@GradySmith]

Jordan, I just wanna say that listening to you over the past three months has been one of the biggest pleasures of my adult life. Thank you for holding me to a high standard and telling me to strengthen myself. I think a lot of my well meaning friends have trouble being harsh and firm with me when I need to hear it (and I'm not a master of it either), but I think there's a real compassion in your doing so. In the last 80 days, since accepting the fact that I need to buck up and face my problems, I'm down 31 pounds, I've hit a new high in my checking account, and I'm just feeling ALIVE and smart and strong. So THANK YOU. You have taught me a ton.

[@blackmarketgoodness5715]

That's impressive! You are sorting yourself out! I think firmness is true compassion, especially when we're the ones who suffer most when people enable us.

[@luckyvet]

Hell I'm a 48 year old retired entrepreneur and don't miss a lecture by Dr. Jordan.

[@michaelkofman3881]

Grady, I've noticed it too. I'm putting more hours into my business. There's that dictum - I'm not sure where it comes from but it's usually regarded as "conservative propaganda" - that God helps those that help themselves. It has been very true in my life, but then again I've been extremely fortunate in my life. Trying to be right in character, right in speech, right in action, right in thought.

[@luckyvet]

Michael - a few of my own quotes that made me millions before 30, and many more before 40: "Only take advice from those who've done it better than you" "Success is directly related to the amount of correct bullshit one is willing to endure" God has nothing to do with it - you being a good person whilst knowing when to be ruthless by not missing opportunities does.

[@michaelkofman3881]

Thanks CV. What is meant by "correct bullshit?"

[@leeloodallas41]

Immortal is the man who manages to inspire others to become authentic.

[@zvolencan1]

I first read "immoral"... Like whaaat? :)

[@Gallowglass7]

Powerful Quote. thank you

[@harkyo]

Jesus, the Buddha, Marduk are those archetypal heroes. They are eternal, and immortality of the hyper-realest sort is manifested in the world through endeavors imbued with meaning by those who find the truth, the Way, the Path and forthrightly choose to engage the unknown.

[@georgekuss191]

00 pa

[@GetUnlabeled]

You mean the man who calls us to slay the dragon 🐉🐲 (it sounds so much cooler than scary that way) 😊

[@pinewatch5006]

I looked up a book that Dr. Peterson mention in passing recently, I forget what it was, but as I scrolled down the page on Amazon it said "people who bought this also bought: Maps of Meaning, Gulag Archipelago, Road to Wigan Pier..." - made me smile

[@1simo93521]

Pine Watch He also mentioned the book 'Ordinary Men'.

[@picarochi]

Good! That means people are listening.

[@bad-girlbex3791]

I have 'Ordinary Men' on order from my local bookshop on Professor Petersen's recommendation and am hoping to pick up a copy of 'Maps of Meaning in the next couple of weeks. Am loving the journey of learning and thinking that he's inadvertently set me off on.

[@picarochi]

+Bad-Girl Bex Did you know you can download MoP from his website? He posted a link some time back.

[@himurogemma6032]

I want to read maps of meaning

[@AshesnDust83]

Listening to his videos I slowly began to realize that I'm surrounded by people who are lost within themselves.

[@theelderelk5582]

Its our mission to help them

[@zip9267]

As true as this is, it's a very condescending view point since you are disregarding yourself as one of those sick people. You are part of society just as everyone else is, you don't think other people have said the exact thing you have just stated?

[@theelderelk5582]

@@zip9267 is it not condescending to assume everyone is exactly the same? Everyone is at different levels of understanding in regards to themselves, this fellow seems to have taken at least a step in the right direction of understanding deeper parts of the human condition. I for one know people who are very lost and others who are quite lucid - most people are quite lost

[@zip9267]

​@@theelderelk5582 But his statement assumes that everyone is exactly the same by saying that he's "surrounded by people who are lost within themselves". That statement implies that everyone else is sick and he isn't - possibly proving ignorance to the perception of his own situation

[@theelderelk5582]

@@zip9267 I'll give myself as an example. I used to hang around lots of druggies and pot smokers. Eventually I stepped out of that, but in the interim phase where I hadn't, I saw that all the people I was surrounding myself with were lost in escaping underlying problems by self medicating through drug use. I then chose to stop and have moved on to better groups of people whereas many of them are still lost within those bad habits. You assured his statement meant everyone everywhere, but I read that it's the groups of people around him, likely just a dozen or couple of dozen people.

[@razzledazzlerob]

It is heartening to see a university professor opposing post-modernism. I am a post-grad student studying International Relations, and we are having post-modernism, Derrida, Foucault, Saussure, Lacan and others of that ilk forced down our throats, in mandatory classes. I am currently procrastinating from writing an essay on how post-structuralism is useful and positive (rather than useless, vapid, empty parasitic nonsense). This is after my morning lecture on how Lacan is useful when looking at international politics. I am damn angry at this attempted indoctrination. An International Relations degree should teach us about International Relations, yet I'm reading Lacan discuss Oedipal urges and sexual fetishism, and Foucault on... I don't know! (I've been reading Foucault for 6 months now and I still don't know what he's talking about). The post-modernists, I feel Lacan in particular, write obscurely to hide the emptiness of their work, and nobody understands it truly but pretends they do to seem intelligent! I am also incensed in how post-modernists attempt to take their non-theory status and inability to prescribe anything and pretend this weakness is a strength. In my own time, outside of university work, I am forced to read up on issues such as the South China sea, Chinese economic slowdown, military-industrial complexes and US foreign Policy, etc- such things that were advertised as core to the course! My dissertation will be on power balance and the US-China, yet I am forced to read nonsense nonsense nonsense. I used to think that accusations of marxism in academia were a little extreme, but now I know that it is spot on. Post-modernism, post-structuralism, critical theory. BLEH! I agree with Prof.Peterson, post-modernism comes out of Marxism and is dangerous to the West. It is parasitic and only seeks to break down, to reduce things. It is intellectual entropy. In the book 'A road less traveled', Peck portrays God as an ideal for man to approach, and man must live life constantly seeking to improve, seeking to approach the perfection that is God. Conversely, the Devil is entropy, the leeching of energy from the universe and constant destruction, breaking down, deconstruction. I am coming to see post-modernism as an embodiment of this entropic devil, it does not seek to produce, to improve, to reach perfection, it only seeks to destroy. If Adam or Eve was a post-modernist, we wouldn't have reached cavemen level technology! Sorry to write such a long rant, apologies for the difficult to read sentences, I have been reading Foucault all day and my standards for readability have dropped correspondingly. Professor Peterson, from a student who does not want to be indoctrinated, thank you for helping me to find a way to express my revulsion with post-modernism. Your work provides a welcome counterweight to that of establishment academics. I didn't want to be pulled into this academic struggle, I wanted to learn about Chinese economic slowdown and US military preponderance and so on, but they have wormed their way into all of social sciences. Therefore, I'm grateful for your talks, to arm myself and insulate myself against their ideology!

[@SgtBuck01]

Lit undergrad here, and the amount of postmodern madness being pushed in my theory class is insane. One of the first things we read was Barthes "Death of the Author." As a writer, the statements made me furious. It seems nonsensical to suggest that authors do not own their stories because they do not own the language used to create them. Imagine building a house that you can't live in because you didn't make the hammer and nails used to build it. Or consider elevating your own interpretation of an author's work over their intention, because the author mad have done unintended things in their writing. When you throw out intent, you not only damage the author's work with misconstrued information but you damage the language itself. Now I can see why all the social justice types are concerned not with language that "is harmful," but language that "could be harmful." It's idiotic, maddening, and insulting.

[@razzledazzlerob]

A book I've flicked through, which might be more useful to you as a lit student is 'From Prague to Paris, a critique of structuralist and post-structuralist thought, by J.G.Merquior'. He was a student of Levi-Strauss, a literary student also, and he devotes an entire chapter in the book to criticising Roland Barthes. 'Language is fascist because it compels speech, whereas discourse is the voice of the self and is all there is to redeem words from the grip of the sociolects' - Barthes (English translation-????????) 'The critic reads meaning into the texts' (?????) 'literature is unrealistic because only language can portray reality' (??????)

[@razzledazzlerob]

I was paraphrasing a little. The real essay question is: In “What Is Enlightenment?” Foucault described critique as not “a gesture of rejection […] the critical question today has to be turned back into a Positive one […] the point, in brief, is to transform the critique conducted in the form of necessary limitation into a practical critique that takes the form of a possible transgression.” Discuss in relation to one author discussed in weeks 2-5 and illustrate with empirical examples. I can't drop it, it is a mandatory class! :( As for who cares if they give me a 'C', I care. I would love to fight back, but I don't have time. I am not an academic. I have a life, jobs, friends etc. I do fight back as much as I can, but it is difficult. That's why Professor Peterson is so valuable. He is an academic. He can fight them on equal ground, they can't give him a 'C' and screw up his career prospects.

[@BrendanRyanDonovan]

I had a similar experience whilst studying for my MSc in Psychology (although on a smaller scale) last year in the UK. There was a class where we were thought a postmodern Psychology and we had to deal a lot with Foucault. Our assignment for the class was a Foucauldian discourse analysis (FDA) and being completely unfamiliar with the works of Foucault or what the hell FDA was, I read up on a lot of his writings and other secondary sources. I really wanted to give him a go as I didn't have any strong beliefs on postmodernism at the time. But his philosophy felt completely empty and pointless. All I ever seemed to get out of it was maybe a brief second where after I read a passage I thought, "Oh, I guess that's kinda clever", but that's it. The rest of his ideals just felt superficial and/or wrong. What was interesting, however, was how the social justice types in my class immediately took to him. To them they had just found this new powerful tool they could use in their arguments. I remember one of them saying that postmodern psychology and Foucault felt much more grounded than the more scientific strands of psychology. It is something I often think back to when I consider the madness possessing universities today. Sorry to hear what you are currently being forced to learn. It sounds dreadful. Be glad though that this is not Orwell's 1984, they can't make you psychologically betray your beliefs! :)

[@razzledazzlerob]

I agree with your reading of Foucault completely. Every now and then a brief mental 'huh, I suppose' and then nothing. My classmates and I are building our own 'The Brotherhood' to resist Big Brother Foucault! :)

[@spencercroce1608]

Jordan, you're a mad man! I don't know how you're able to upload this much high quality content in such short order.

[@EgilWar]

Patrons are a big help in getting money for paid help. Please consider being a Patron.

[@spencercroce1608]

Egil Lomeland I'm currently a broke college student. Once I get some major bills paid off this month, I'm probably going to start dropping a few dollars a month. JBP is one of the best things happening in culture right now.

[@williamkoscielniak820]

In one of his video's Peterson talks about how certain CEO's are basically crazy because of the insane amount of work they do, and that very few people have the work ethic and drive to be as industrious as they are. I wonder if he's aware of the fact that he himself has those same propensities. One of the signs of genius is tremendous productivity, and Peterson certainly fits that criteria as far as I can tell.

[@therugburnz]

Spencer Croce I am overwhelmed as others may be. I'm half way way through and need to take a break to let the content seep in. I enjoy his talks. I am terrified by his talks. If I misunderstand the Professor's meaning it is because I am not well read . However, I'm sure his intent is to wake me and others up. I'll suck it up after a few cat vids followed by a healthy dose of Second Amendment(usa) sites. Peace the Fuck Out

[@spencercroce1608]

therugburnz I know, I feel the same way. This man has given me a better education in the six some odd months I've been watching him than I have during my entire time at University. I recommend reading as much as you can get your hands on. I'm working my way through the Gulag Archipelago (which is fucking exhausting, by the way). All we can do beyond educating ourselves is to sort out lives out, and be the best we can be towards our family and loved ones.

[@anderslandgren6745]

Sobering. Having free access to talks like these actually makes me less of a cynic. I'm even kind of grateful that I live in these times.

[@Rellikan]

Kind of grateful is not grateful enough I say!

[@KaoXoni]

Making the listener less of a cynic is exactly at the core of JPs intention, if I got him right. So congratulations to both ends of the conversation!

[@panokostouros7609]

Well, the Lord always provides!

[@agyaaning5359]

57:36 Perhaps my favorite Peterson mic drop: “If you find that the tragedy of life is too much for you to bear without becoming resentful and bitter and murderous and even genocidal, it means that you haven’t picked up enough responsibility. Because if you’ve picked up enough responsibility for the revivification of the state and the eradication of unnecessary suffering, you’d find enough meaning in that so the idea of “meaninglessness” would vanish in an instant. You’d have more meaning than you knew what to do with. And that’s a terrifying thing as well, but to fight off one terrifying thing―the spectre of mortality and insanity, infinitude and death―you’d need another monster of equivalent size, and that’s one that you can find. It’s one that you can bear up, and it’s one that you can live. And that’s what we need to do, because if we don’t do that then All. Hell. Breaks. Loose.”

[@pilotmom9755]

Agya Aning 👍🏻👍🏻

[@TheBanderson22]

Finitude* and death. Great quote.

[@starmurp]

nc

[@plekkchand]

This man exemplifies the proper uses of intellectual passion.

[@kimnovak8631]

Watching his audience standing up to honour this great teacher, makes me happy. Thank you, Prof. Peterson, for your admirable work!

[@nickn1782]

RECEPTIONIST: "Western civilization?" WESTERN CIV.: "Yes?" RECEPTIONIST: "The doctor will see you now..."

[@CellGames2006]

*Dr. Who theme starts playing*

[@sitkahans]

we are witnessing the birth of something

[@RunesandReapers]

You know the takeaway from the whole Peterson situation over a course of a year is this: Stand your ground, be concise, explain your points and all the bullies that try to sway you to think as they think will eventually fade away. All the BS of corporatism and lackyism that seems to consistently take over our societies and our free thought can easily be defeated by just not giving in. Peterson didn't get fire, he came out of the storm more popular, more liked, and more appreciated. It's a lesson for anyone that caves in to the pressures of society. It's a great lesson for the left and the right, atheist and believes alike.

[@Konstantinos143]

I have just began understanding why I ended up in prison 5 years ago. Thank you for your work sir

[@TheBanderson22]

that's an incredibly brave statement. Because it indicates that you're trying to understand. That's hope. Society needs you because society needs responsibility and truth. If you are working for that, with everything within you, you will succeed. I faced fail time as a consequence of addiction. I didnt recover until I took absolute responsibility for myself. Radical accountability, truth and responsibility to the good (for me, my family and community). I found this message before I found Peterson from alcoholics anonymous. Peterson has the same message. That's quite miraculous. But that's how I KNEW it worked once I heard him sharing this with tthe world. My heart rested a bit easier because this man is carrying this message to the masses before they lose themselves in nihilism like I had as a lost and anxious teenager. I'm about to go off to medical school this year. Life can be incredible if you live it correctly. I'm proud of you my friend, not that you needed this message from me, but I hope it helps give you confirmation toward your new path toward the light.

[@vandl107]

Same here... Accountability and self discipline have changed my life and those around me for the good. Hope you are still fighting the good fight brother ✌

[@DailyCorvid]

Well really the reason you ended up in prison was breaking the law. I'm sure you knew that before you committed whatever crime it was. Why did you commit the crime? Only you know that. The important thing is not to revisit and relabel past events, it is to shape _future events_ and make sure to avoid breaking laws. That would be the correct lesson to have learned, and here 10 years later the correct course of action would be to teach that lesson to others. That's how good men become great men. Some men are ignorant in their innocence, and some men will trade that innocence for wisdom. That's really the only choice we have after conviction of crime. We can either deny it forever and change the world, and we can change ourselves and deny the desire to steal kill and ruin things for others. I wonder what you are doing today? Did you learn your lesson, and through your example are others able to learn from it? I hope so, would be interesting to hear a full decade later = whether or not Petersons wisdom reached you, and in your newfound wisdom did you go on to a moral victory in your life? I really hope so :)

[@georgescucristian7521]

"You use the observation of your own capability to bare responsibility to buttress yourself against the terrors of being finite." Dam you need some kinda mind to produce that sentence! Hats off mister Peterson, hats fucking off...

[@saskiaehlers5273]

I love this guy. I wish he was my grandfather.

[@americanmambi]

does anyone else goes " OH SHIT" with excitement each time Jordan says "I wanna tell you a story"????

[@eeeeee9953]

Two years later still yes.

[@fatbaldandhappy]

I'm speechless. All I can say is thank you. I will also attempt to show a measure of gratitude by putting in the effort to sort myself out, get my own thoughts in order, speak the truth as far as I understand it, and deal with the consequences.

[@daniellassander]

@Jordan Petersons Wife, try to keep him at home so he doesnt work himself to death, he is important to many of us, but in that we also want him to be happy and family is very important for that.

[@CellGames2006]

Jordan Peterson's wife and Jordan Peterson's daughter are the best!

[@AstralFrost]

"We're all appalled when we run into a person who is not yet the redeemer. Every person you ever meet you're dissatisfied with because they're not who they could be. And you're broadcasting that message all of the time. *You're NOT* who you could be! *YOU'RE* not who you could be! I'm NOT who I could be! And we're all facing each other with our emotional displays, PLEADING with each other to become that which we could become. And everyone knows it." 1:00:09

[@KonnerScottMusic]

This video should be a required part of high school curriculum

[@storytunez]

Jordan, you're a modern hero.

[@Gamesage47]

You're a brave man performing a much needed service to the West. Thank you!

[@Byenia]

Damn! That was a TERRIFIC psychology lecture and an IMPORTANT sermon all in one!

[@fieldstonestudios]

It's nice to see your wife. Her voice is so soothing.

[@MrFuzziiWuzzii]

Louis Sanchez yeah Kermit is always soothing

[@alexandersurgenor31]

I actually had the pleasure of going over to Dr. Peterson's home a few weeks ago to conduct an interview video of my own with him. It'll be up soon :) [I'm a third-year UofT student]

[@darraghosullivan2366]

Good work. Please post the link here when you do.

[@alexandersurgenor31]

Will do - just waiting for Dr. Peterson's permission to publish it.

[@CellGames2006]

@@alexandersurgenor31 Well did you upload it?

[@alexandersurgenor31]

@@CellGames2006 kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5WmeodolMyIjLM

[@alexandersurgenor31]

@@darraghosullivan2366 kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5WmeodolMyIjLM

[@iwantyou8990]

Professor Peterson, I hope and pray people (of the post-modernist variety, especially) will hear your message. You're an inspiration, and one of the best role models I've ever looked up to. Thank you.

[@clagos247]

This man puts a heavy burden on his shoulders. Listen and ease his burden by one. Admirable man.

[@DrewGangl]

Professor Peterson can cause feelings of fear because of such great enlightenment and sudden realization of what's really going on in the world. This fear sprouts from the fact that it is suddenly clear what education systems have done to me... Planted a very one-sided ideologue into my head without my own opinion actually being included. Truly terrifying, but I am so grateful I've been enlightened by this man. At 18 years old, almost all of my peers don't know the dangers of the radical left, and this is because they have been brainwashed by them, like myself. Thank you for posting these videos to KZbin, Professor.

[@roquettothestars9751]

briliant, impressed to tears, thank you

[@ZoeGeorge84]

As a clinical psychologist myself, your ideas and the way you synthesise information to illuminate the essence have been a remarkable inspiration to my work, and personally. I know you have a hundred projects on the go, but I would love to see a dedicated video or series to the application of these ideas to your clinical work. You touch on examples in various lectures, and I am thinking of collating all your clinical examples together at some stage. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience so freely.

[@djlink111]

We love you! The people love you!!! Thank you for everything you do!!!

[@siajaan]

Bravo thanks for your courage. We are with you!!

[@BizRasam]

Dr. Peterson, I don't know how to thank you for your brilliance and enlightenment. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

[@redjienorba9946]

I cried listening to this. I don't know why. The amount of wonder and knowledge and the idea that I now start to know all these is a brilliant idea in a sense that it struck me emotionally.

[@ayb100]

One of the greatest intellecctuals of our time.

[@clairekinder8113]

Shoutouts to his wife! 👌🏻❤️

[@jag2039]

I don't think I've ever heard someone else speak like you in 30 yrs. Not since my Father or Grandfather passed. That was very refreshing to listen to plus remind me of the Truth of Life . Thanks Mr.Peterson n look forward to hearing more. Awesome

[@michaeltoppo9794]

Yet another gem!!!! Thank you JBP for everything!!! Really... thank you Dr!!!

[@americanmambi]

what an incredible genius

[@hoffpbass]

I keep sharing this video with all my friends and family, as probably the best unintended sermon you will ever hear. This is one of his most epic speech's from him out of all the brilliance he graciously bestows upon us.

[@democraticdialogue7271]

Dr. Peterson continues to inspire, he is one of a kind, a sane voice in an insane world

[@jennymcgowin9140]

That is one of the best lectures I’ve ever seen Dr. Peterson give, and I’ve seen them all. Straight from the heart….

[@genuineimitation8799]

Beautiful, just beautiful. Thank you , Dr. Peterson for bringing your ideas and the ideas of giants who came before us, that sadly were so far ahead of their time that even today others often fail to see the value in them. Thank you for fighting the good fight.

[@coventrywildeheart7108]

Fantastic speech Jordan. You make me stronger with every video I watch. I loved that you had your wife introduce you - what an awesome and inspiring pair. Stay strong.

[@anuraggangwar3045]

Thank you Jordan. The journey of truth isn't easy always, but thank you very much for sticking it out and for standing what you stand for. I have more meaning and reason to live a more responsible life, ever since I started listening to you. Thank you very much.

[@dannymathis7275]

Thank you our good Doctor! That was brilliant! Hope to hear from you soon. We (i) love and miss you!

[@8JFJK8]

I'm Canadian, and we absolutely need you Dr Peterson. I think too many young Canadians have grown up too sheltered with PC culture, and have for the most part experienced no adversity through growing up in whats basically a utopian society compared to many areas in the world. I know too many naïve teens and college students thinking they can tell others what they can and cannot say when it comes to views on politics, religion, a whole array of social justice issues because they get triggered by simple ideas and opinions that for some reason is militant towards them. I cant wait to finish this video and watch the 1 hr podcast you did with sam harris, you and sam harris are absolutely fantastic. I beg you to continue enlightening others!

[@CellGames2006]

He needs to start bootcamps to train apostles that go all over Canada and educate people.

[@trevorphillips3922]

Jordan BAE Peterson

[@incognitosecret2377]

you the man.

[@ericb5328]

Trevor Phillips Jordan Based Peterson

[@NorthStrongSC]

the B stands for Bucko.

[@isaiasruiz5110]

Weiiss Nicht yah seriously

[@goju09alt9]

There is salt bae, and there is philosoph bae.

[@StatelessPerson]

Magnificent articulation of extraordinarily Old Business, matters that simply refuse to be tabled forever. However "formless and void," and however deep the "darkness" over "the surface of the deep," the spirit of Dr. Petersen moves "over the surface of the waters."

[@jackhawkins9768]

That last bit about the nation state and identity -- WOW. I don't think I've ever heard a more profound explanation of why national identity is important yet flawed. Unbelievably powerful.

[@aaronneil780]

Will you upload the Q & A Dr. Peterson? I was at the talk. It was amazing!

[@RahellOmer]

My goodness! 3 hours writing everyday! I have been doing this for a week and I can only begin to imagine the burden! I don't know how he managed to do all this together, and I would love to hear some enlightening thoughts about getting disciplined about reading and writing on a daily basis.

[@offair911]

Rahell Omer well he was obsessed so it wasn't​ really a matter of being disciplined. when you're obsessed with something then it requires discipline to do anything other than the thing you're obsessed with

[@leevenable8628]

INTERNAL PASSION, its the only way. either your passion pushes you bc you are determined to understand or.....you don't. how bad do you want it?

[@JanicePhillips]

A planner. Schedule your time, but don't allow it to become your master or use it to punish yourself. Start with attainable goals and short blocks of time. You'll feel much better about yourself adding more time as you become more disciplined than you will failing to meet your goals. Much of your day is made up of routine things, so allow a block of time for lunch and dinner, as well as other daily chores, but also schedule in "free blocks" to relax, or attend to unexpected things. But when you make a slot for writing, stick to it. Even if you don't write a word, you should be sitting at your desk with all distractions accounted for and tended to and sit there for that amount of time. This is what I remember from Doc JBP's suggestions. Though you've likely found the same ideas since it's been a year and a half, I thought I'd jot it down for other's who may have not and are watching this video at a later date, scrolling the comments.

[@Katyamuffin]

Listening to you anytime I want, for free, is a true privilege. Thanks for sharing your work like this, you're an amazing person. Keep fighting the good fight!

[@chribbatt]

I love listening to Jordan B Peterson, I've watched most of his videos by now, in my estimation.

[@mattchew4161]

this man is a genius folks, please listen optimistically because absolutely everything this man says is fuckingg dead spot on.

[@TheSymphonyOfScience]

2:15 Peterson to his wife : "good work ma'am " :D

[@epsteindidntkillhimself69]

Profound and inspiring. You've truly enhanced the way I see the world.

[@juanjosediaz7423]

The words that Dr Peterson expounds are a precise description of what we are living in today's world. What resonates the most with me is..take responsibility..be truthful and responsible and you'll reap the rewards..apart from learning everyday even more. Thank Dr Peterson for your input in my life, I'm so grateful I visited one of your KZbin sites some time ago, I'm taking care of myself and my loved ones even more these days and I have quit smoking cold turkey and not had a drink for a month now and I don't even miss them, I knew within me long before that I could just stop but never put that thought into action..now I'm exercising more, I'm losing weight, I feel better..I'm in the process of completing a Diploma in counselling and my studies are moving forward successfully and soon I'll have the chance to help those in need. Thank you so much once again for your help and I'll continue to walk straight, shoulders back and chest out..and speak the truth!

[@danilthorstensson8902]

Probably THE best lecture I've ever seen/watched/listened to.

[@MichaelHowell7]

That was gripping! Well done Professor Peterson, thank you for using your voice.

[@JasonLawrenceJones]

It should be required that every single person alive watches this, distraction free, once a month for the rest of their lives. It's the most powerful speech/lecture that I've ever seen.

[@skillion88]

Thank you Dr. Peterson, you have quickly become a hero for those of us either without a voice or too much of a coward to speak about these things which are so clearly eroding the foundations of liberty.

[@un_samourai6619]

Peterson is the most insightful public intellectual on meaning in mythology/religion/psychology since Joseph Campbell. This was a very enjoyable talk, full of insights we all need repeated exposure to, no matter where the source.

[@directinprint]

Very nice intro. How lovely to see Peterson has a beautiful and eloquent wife. :)

[@Northern-Pike]

It's wonderful you have family support like your wife!! God bless you and your family.

[@hewhocannotbenamed8307]

Infinite thanks to you Dr. Peterson for speaking the truth. You are amazing, thank you for all that you do.

[@spiral-ki4qt]

Thank you Jordan. I don't know how you manage to wrap your words around these ideas so succinctly but it leaves me in awe and eager to do the same.

[@BlueMoonHoax]

I've started cursing like a Canadian now because I watch your videos.

[@YuyiLeal]

Ah. such a beautiful and awesome talk. Incredibly profound and enlightening in a very real and powerful way!

[@viggosmiles9496]

I bought your book. Totally worth it. I will support you and your mission. Thank you, frog 🐸!

[@ryancannella6386]

Thank you Dr. Peterson. Bravo!

[@AB-eq9mm]

this man is a genius.

[@regalianpeaches1]

Thank you Mr. Peterson for everything you do and what you stand for. Your videos are highly refreshing and enlightening. Your lectures are comforting and soothing. There is no other explanation I can give to what I feel as I listen to you, other than that you are like a balm for this strange, twisted era we live in. Truly awakening!

[@saintjimmy9114]

Your lectures were merely educational when I first discovered you, but now they double as therapeutic.

[@cellardoor7500]

Saw it live and he was AWESOME. Thanks for the quick upload :) Looking forward to listening again...and again.

[@blazearmoru]

I need to visit one of his talks one day :(

[@makeshiftaltruist7530]

When i first found Peterson, a couple months back, I was intrigued with his ideas. Then when I realized he was Able I became Cain and wanted to tare him down. Then I slayed the dragon and accepted my duties. Now I am a hero. Thank you Prof. Peterson :)

[@lucabrasi7999]

Nice, thought-provoking speech. Thank you Jordan, keep up the good work.

[@Lekid23]

This was eye opening. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@bricedrake1972]

This is Fabulous. Thank you You have confirmed where I'm going. Thank you!!!

[@bricedrake1972]

And Why.

[@sgtmorningwood534]

As a psychologist and academic, Jordan Peterson makes way more sense for the rationality and relevance of the Christian tradition than Christian apologists today can ever hope to muster. And I'm an atheist! Salute to you, sir. Keep fighting the good fight.

[@jmizereck]

I love Dr. Peterson. When I listen to him I think of my days back at Hillsdale College and my classes with Dr. Gerhart Niemeyer and know that Dr. Niemeyer would greatly admire Dr. Peterson...and he would also greatly appreciate the work Dr. Peterson is doing in fighting the good fight.

[@oliwiereb]

You're my hero. I look up to your work. I'm starting my BA History in two weeks time :)

[@darrenwoolsey8884]

Peterson makes some excellent points, and I suspect is at heart a healthy liberal, as opposed to a deranged right-winger.

[@kurtme9685]

He has spoken against both radical left and radical right ideologies and systems, but I would guess he's probably right of center, what some people call a classical liberal. Appreciative of art, music, ideas and culture but believes that life and government need to have a strong structure.

[@murraymcgregor7829]

He believes that the Left and Right should talk to eachother. They need to find common ground instead of viewing eachother as enemies and evil.

[@Enthos2]

Dr. Peterson's videos have touched me on a level that I've never experienced. It's really changing my life

[@hazzatube7505]

Jordan thankyou for having the courage to speak the truth. I know this must come at a great cost to you and your family. you are paying the price that all prophets of truth have paid. but you are a light in the darkness and the voice of sanity in a world that is going mad.blessed are those who suffer for righteousness . . . theirs is the kingdom of God.

[@TilveranWrites]

Excellent talk, thanks for the upload.

[@joeshmo95]

This is such an incredible lecture.

[@johnkoplin9719]

Supposed to be studying for grad school entry exam... Spent the last three hours watching Peterson... No regrets

[@drteism]

One of Jordan's best! I'm having my kids listen to it 10 times!

[@BadButNotSad]

What an enormously epic speech!Corrupt superegos have been crushed with truth that day :-)

[@ricardoespinoza5821]

the uploads have been MAD lately, J Bae Peterson is drowning me in knowledge

[@connieward9864]

He is one of the reason I started to truly go to God with honesty. I am so grateful for he made a choice to obedient to his calling by sharing his honest conviction backed by his incredible knowledge. I am so freaking happy to live this life with awakening due to your contribution. I thank you. By the way, I am a middle aged Asian woman who thrive in meaningful conversation.

[@brandontadday6288]

Greetings Dr! I am a second year psych student studying in Australia and I just wanted to let you know that your works and presentations are truly valued and important to me considering the current socio-political climate in western culture, especially in regards to social science and psychology. I have learnt more from your videos than I have in the last two years in my course! Thank you.

[@tatjanareithofer1403]

SO. MUCH. CONTENT. Professor slow down! I need to play catch up and WORK MY WAY UP THE DOMINANCE HIERARCHY DAMMIT! :')

[@BULLTRONHERO]

*Competence Hierarchy ; )

[@ThatDrummerFrank]

Jordan, please watch The Kingdom of Heaven. I think you would really appreciate that film. I've spent the past 8 years thinking on and off about what it's big picture meaning is, and recently it's become much clearer. I think it has everything to do with what you've spoken about in this video as well as in others. The divinity of the individual. What that divinity means about living a good life. The symbolism had struck me as something I understood but could not understand what I understood. And after having allowed myself to stumble upon your ideas in my life-research it is all beginning to come together. Perhaps it is what kept me from following the nihilistic path I have watched many of my once close friends follow. It had a large impact on me that I think went deeper than I was capable of understanding at the time. Anyways, I hope you read this. And I hope you find some time to view it.

[@FloydMaxwell]

I love the way you compose yourself at the start. Taking the amount of time you need, and damn the torpedoes.

[@anybody2501]

Dr. Peterson is truly an inspirational figure. humble in his genius, and forthright in his adherence to his beliefs and principles.