I Read The Greatest Book Ever Written…

[@iangubeli]

This video is about a book! If you’re not here to watch the video and talk about the book, I advise you to leave without comment please. Thank you for you understanding.

[@nickiethesaint316]

I have really liked your videos but once you give it to the world it’s not yours anymore.

[@miriam.miettinen]

Does this video have big spoilers? Like who the murderer ends up being? I really wanna finish the video but I got scared since I have not yet read the book myself, I'm planning on reading it in 2025 tho...

[@iangubeli]

@ no! I only really spoiled themes, but not plot!

[@Storygraft]

@@nickiethesaint316 he’s just asking people to be respectful in the comments

[@miriam.miettinen]

@@iangubeli okay! Thank you so much for answering :) I will proceed with the video now xD love your and your wife's videos !!

[@arinalowery7167]

I have read a lot of books in my life but this is the one that pops up in my head every single time somebody asks me about my favorite book. I've read it 3 times so far and every single time I see something else. Also, it might be interesting: this book could be considered as a monologue of Dostoevsky himself because all 3 brothers are him in his different stages of life. Dostoevsky was a flawed man (like we all are) but what is outstanding is that he doesn't hide it or sugarcoat it, he literally opens up his mind and soul in his books to their bare bones.

[@KaraToNihongo]

I read the Karamazov Brothers this year and I cant stop thinking about it. Whats stuck woth me is how profoundly the brothers loved each

[@francescomonno3966]

"The Brothers Karamazov" is still to this day my favorite book. It is also the book that started my passion for literature almost ten years ago. I've read many masterpieces but this novel is unmatched. Every page ozees wisdom and philosophy; the way Dostoevskij dives into the inner thougts of each charachters and their struggle makes it an utter milestone. Thank you for this video and for what you do, I can see you love reading.

[@CraigAkhurst-rl5zr]

I watched your video then immediately ordered the book. I trust your recommendations 100%. I’ve got big book fear and a fear of classics. Hoping this’ll help me get over it

[@Shaegeeksout]

Im so happy you have found so many books to fall in love with this year. 🎉 As someone who is passionate about sharing books with people, thats all i ever want for people! This book is also on my intimidating TBR...

[@agathacccc2710]

I love how you challenge yourself by tackling these classic books. I’ve had this novel sitting on my shelf for years and still have not gotten to it 😅

[@NateStrikesAgain]

I've had so many failed starts at this book too. It's been sitting on my nightstand for 4 years now.

[@cantonlittle]

Hey Ian, This is a great video concerning one of my favorite novels. I made a similar video earlier this year and declared this was my favorite novel of all time. Although it is one of my favorites, I wouldn't say it is still my favorite. The Brothers Karamazov is a masterpiece in many different ways. Debating life, love, morality, God, free will, and evil in a single book is a difficult task. I strive to be like Alyosha, but find myself feeling like Ivan. There are many lessons to be extrapolated in this novel and I am elated you read this novel. Happy reading, my friend!

[@roots_and_ruin]

I got a voucher for a book store recently and thanks to you I'm using it to buy The Count of Montecristo and The Brothers Karamazov. I'm not religious myself but I LOVE books which involve theological debate, good vs evil, the meaning of life etc. Thank you for these single book focused vlogs, they're brilliant!

[@Manfred-nj8vz]

If you love such books then please do read Nikos Kazantzakis: Christ Recrucified or The Last Temptation. Then compare him to Dostoevsky and you'll see.

[@rynaereading]

I’m supposed to be reading this for a book club on Fable and I’ve been slacking to read Wind and Truth 😩 I started it 4 years ago and got halfway through and DNFed for absolutely no reason. I was really enjoying it but but it down for a couple days, which turned into a couple years. This video gives me the push to pick it up again!

[@Books_read_sam]

I am so pumped!!! Yes!!! Best book ever!!!

[@AmandasBooktopia]

I don’t think this is a book I could ever tackle but I’m glad you loved it! For your next book swap with Ashlynn I would love to see you pass this on to her. Definitely curious as to what she would think of it.

[@queenkim8631]

"Reading hard books is hard"😂😂

[@garretonderdonk4689]

great video man i absolutely love the brothers karamazov I'm truly glad that you finally got around to it its genuinely in my top 35 books of all time its an absolute masterpiece and that is still a massive understatement

[@sorenkrane]

Gosh, this is on my list! Moby Dick is sometimes called the GREATEST American novel. Honestly. I see it. Would 100% recommend.

[@lorithomas9536]

I read the book last year for the first time and I did really love it then but I only just listened to the audio book for it that time. I knew that I wanted to go back and reread and annotate it which I did at the end of November of this year. I LOVED IT EVEN MORE! It instantly is one of my all time favorites. I did read the penguin classic editions it is a different translation but I do have that same wadsworth edition with the Constance Garnet translation. I know that She is a highly recommended translation for all Russian Translations (I think that she translated over 70 books during her life from Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Gogol and more… Not to mention that she was FRIENDS WITH TOLSTOY! At some point (honestly probably next year) I plan on doing a side by side comparison of both translations, because I think it would be very interesting to see the differences and the similarities between two different translations. One from the 1800’s and one from the 2000’s. I definitely LOVE this book more than I can understand myself. It’s funny to me as well because right after I reread the book I read crime and punishment for the first time and I can honestly say for my self that while I enjoyed it. For me it doesn’t come CLOSE to the Brothers Karamazov. Also side note I voted for War and peace because once I finished Crime and Punishment and was still on a bit of a Russian Classics kick so I read War and Peace for the first time. It also is now one of my favorites (but for completely different reasons). That being said The Brothers Karamazov stands at the top of the pedestal for Russian Classics! No wonder people all agree that this is “considered to be” Dostoyevsky’s Magnum opus.

[@Boudleaux]

This was a great video, Ian. I am going to tackle this one now as well. Who translated the edition you read?

[@iangubeli]

Constance Garnett! Wonderful translation, very accessible!

[@Boudleaux]

@@iangubeli Thank you.

[@MaryRose86]

You should totally read Anna Karenina if you like Russian Lit. I would definitely recommend the Pevear/Volokhonsky or Maude translations since they capture Tolstoy’s prose the best.

[@iangubeli]

Perfect! I actually plan on reading Tolstoy very soon, so this helps. Thank you!!

[@MaryRose86]

@iangubeli you are in for a treat ! Tolstoy is fantastic

[@elisabethprice4697]

This book is my dad’s favorite Russian novel and one of his fave books ever! I started it a few months ago but got distracted with something else but I do plan to finish it sometime next year!!

[@Iza56]

You convinced me, adding it to my '25 tbr

[@jaymianderson9665]

My boyfriend studied Russian Lit in college and recommended Brothers Karamozov to me. I started it, but only got about a third of the way in. I enjoyed what I read, but I got distracted by shorter books on my TBR list.I am not currently reading a book (!!!!) so maybe this is my hint to pick it back up?! Thanks for the video!

[@miggs_fmp]

I tried reading Crime and Punishment some time earlier in the year, and I got to like Chapter 5 or so of part 2? I really liked it, but I got distracted with other books and because I felt I was too dumb for it. This video makes me want to pick it back up as well as check this one out!

[@curtisjay34]

I would agree that the Brothers Karamazov is the greatest book ever written. Myself belonging to northern Canada I can relate incredibly well in reflecting the characters and psychology to people in real life, in my life. Alyoshka and Ivan are in my thoughts everyday and I mean it. A comment can only portray so much to what one has to say, in so here I humbly say unto you, go read it and everything Dostoyevsky, then you’ll awaken your true self.

[@capturedbyannamarie]

Loved the Brothers Karamazov, it’s one of my favorite books of all time. It’s an incredible book. Crime and Punishment is also excellent. Basically every single thing I have read that Dostoyevsky wrote is profound. Definitely try some Tolstoy next. My favorite of his is Anna Karenina. War and Peace is excellent as well though.

[@DWrek5]

That book is a massive, Ive seen shoe boxes smaller than that thing!

[@ladybugg7m39]

I went very quickly to check this book out in the library

[@basajaunnn]

Dostoevsky is my favorite author of all time, literally was about to continue re reading the brothers when i saw you posted this. What weird timing!!!

[@FlameMoose37]

Now I know you’d like Michael D O’Brien.

[@CindyP21]

Just ordered!

[@helenhirsch5717]

Okay you've convinced me, getting it on kindle unlimited as we speak...

[@HunterNight-v3n]

Hey Ian, I find it hard to find books that follow christian values, so do you know of any good books that are scifi but have no false gods or magic or spice?

[@SHDDUPINEEDTHISSSS]

Try The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell.

[@cuttyreads]

None of those things conflict with Christian values?

[@iangubeli]

Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis

[@Lezzite]

Might I ask why you won’t read books with false gods or magic?

[@HunterNight-v3n]

@Lezzite God gets very jealous when we spend our time with other God's that aren't real. And magic in the bible tends to be negative against God's wishes so I like to avoid negative things for my faith walk😃 you can read it in exodus 23 13 and deuteronomy 18, 10-12

[@patchanonmk7137]

I’m really glad you loved it! Though I don’t know whether I would as much not being Christian and all, but I’m gonna give it a go

[@iangubeli]

I think this book has something for everyone! I took a lot away from this book as a Christian, but it’s so much more than that. His philosophy and thoughts on the world in general are absolutely brilliant!

[@average-rice1068]

another banger 🙌🙌

[@Twiceborn_by_grace]

This made me wanna read The Stand and see why people say it’s so great.

[@snikich]

Did you consider which translation to read beforehand? I have this one on my tbr for next year and still not sure which one to go with.

[@iangubeli]

The Constance Garnett translation is supposedly one of the best, and that’s the one I own!

[@Hadas4237]

Its not that he named a character after himself, its just russian names, like i read a book with a michail nikolayovich and a nikolai michailovich its just like that sometimes with the limited pool of popular russin names

[@LaceyGoodBooks]

I hope you can get through. The whole book sounds quite interesting. Anyway that’s really good. Your Honey getting to it a fourth time.

[@bensadlier7471]

Bro lex fridman and jordan peterson wtf hahahah

[@jaquelinecunha636]

Classics ❤

[@nihad-m]

I started reading the Idiot, got half way through(it was going great) and life happened and I stopped. His short stories feel a bit lackluster for me. But if anyone wants unforgettable short stories read Chekhov.

[@cindyh303]

... it is a murder mystery... Sold. You can stop right there. Moving it to the top of my tbr 😂

[@FlameMoose37]

Wow I’m So early.

[@mandyschmidt7960]

Since there are a lot of people of the same faith (lets take Christians for this example) believing in different things (some are against homosexuality, some aren't, some are racist, some aren't and so on and so forth) simply believing in one god or one holy book doesn't give you the same set of morals so I don't think a moral argument for god makes any sense. We have our own morality which is very clear with people of one faith cherry picking what they want to adhere to from their holy book and what they can view as less relevant in modern times. We're all humans and humanity as a whole has a baseline of morality which is basically just a construct of social rules to live by. Morals are a human construct. A system of moral rules that never changes is an argument against god because human society changes with the times and so do our morals (like women being equal instead of lesser than men, slavery being not ok today etc etc). I look with horror at some of the things the Bible condones exactly because I have morals separate from some higher being and I'm not blind enough to either simply accept it or to ignore it and you shouldn't either. I'm sure there's much more to this book and I'm still very much looking forward to reading Russian classics and hearing such arguments from their point of view but even tough they're worded beautifully we shouldn't turn off our brains and still think about what is being said deeply and logically and if it actually makes sense or if it just reinforces our own little bubble we live in.

[@NehemiahWhitworth-w4h]

I appreciate your point about the inconsistency of religious moral interpretations, but I think this actually connects to one of Dostoevsky's central themes - the struggle between absolute moral truth and human interpretation of it. In fact, Ivan Karamazov makes similar arguments about religious morality in the novel. However, your argument about morals being purely social constructs faces its own challenges. If morality is just socially constructed rules that change with time, how do we judge moral progress? When we say 'slavery being not ok today,' we're implying some objective standard by which we can say society has improved morally, not just changed. Dostoevsky wrestles with this exact tension - if there's no objective moral truth (as Ivan suggests with 'everything is permitted'), how do we ground any moral claims? The novel doesn't offer easy answers but dramatically explores the implications of both religious and secular moral frameworks. I think you'll find reading the Russian classics fascinating precisely because they engage deeply with these philosophical questions. Dostoevsky doesn't just reinforce a 'bubble' - he often presents the strongest arguments against his own position through characters like Ivan. The tension between absolute truth and human interpretation of it is central to the novel. I appreciate your emphasis on thinking deeply and logically about these issues rather than accepting any position uncritically - that's exactly what makes these works worth engaging with.

[@mandyschmidt7960]

@@NehemiahWhitworth-w4h Yeah, I can't wait to finally dig into Russian literature! Just to comment on one of your points, I don't see how our society is applying an objective standard on our current stance on slavery. It's exactly because we're applying a subjective view on morality that it's able to change and go with the times and current worldviews. Maybe in another 100 years we're back to condoning slavery for one reason or another and view it as moral. What is the objective view on slavery regarding the Bible and do you think we should follow that moral code? I don't think so. Especially since the Bible gives us clear rules (murder is bad for example) and than goes and breaks that same rule on almost every page. So even in the Bible there's not really an objective moral code, it's whatever the situation or god's whims demand. It's perfectly fine to look at these things from an academic standpoint but trying to actually apply them to your life is doomed to fail and even dangerous when it comes to other people's lives. It is enlightening to ponder though.

[@paulwilliams6913]

I say this from the comfort of my Blanket Karamazov (ie. a litograohic blanket with the novel’s text printed on it to make the shape of the brothers’ silhouettes): if you ask me, Dostoevsky’s devil is just as real (and unreal) as Nathaniel Hawthorne’s devil, and perhaps even more real than Bulgakov’s :)

[@iangubeli]

That is amazing!!!

[@TheSundayCall]

I ❤❤❤❤ Bulgakov and Gogol :)

[@paulwilliams6913]

@@TheSundayCall I love all the big name Russians. Dostoevsky and Tolstoy are my favorites, but Bulgakov, Gogol, Pushkin, Turgenev, and Chekhov have all been wonderful experiences. Someday I wanna read Ilf and Petrov and others.

[@inesbento2917]

Great video!! I was wondering if you could do a similar video to East of Eden by John Steinbeck. Cus I’ve heard great things about it and wanted to hear your opinion 😁🫶

[@AnBCHAN]

Is this book difficult because the words or is it hard to understand? Can any reading level read this book?

[@iangubeli]

I read from the Constance Garnett translation and it was very readable. It is 19th century prose, so sole things feel theatrical, but none of it was altogether difficult to the pour of being a slog!

[@chelseagubeli3443]

Sounds interesting.

[@fitnessfashionbooks607]

Do women have the same attitude toward this book, or do you all think women would like it too?

[@iangubeli]

It has amazing female characters! A lot people, women definitely included, revere this book!

[@SHDDUPINEEDTHISSSS]

Yo FRICKIN' GUY, the greatest book ever written is OF MICE AND MEN. Love you may the lord bless you and your wonderful wife. I wouldn't listen to Jordan Peterson though... kind of disturbing guy. He's not smart, he's dangerous.

[@nightmarishcompositions4536]

How is he disturbing or dangerous? I don't agree with everything he says but most of the people that attack him are extreme radical activists with far worse views and attitudes than Peterson himself from my experience.

[@SHDDUPINEEDTHISSSS]

@@nightmarishcompositions4536 I find him disturbing in his interpretations of traditional gender roles and values and associations with fringe groups. He is backwards in a lot of ways. Just my opinion.

[@SHDDUPINEEDTHISSSS]

I replied but my comment disappeared. Odd. Basically - I find his gender role ideas devastating and, yes, dangerous and backwards.

[@Manfred-nj8vz]

Please allow me to express my personal and totally heretical opinion about Dostoyevsky. I know that the topic is not easy and that one cannot start a discussion of such an extensive issue on this platform. Nevertheless, I will try to formulate a few thoughts that have occupied me intensively for years. I absolutely cannot stand Dostoyevsky and I will explain why: I read him twice ('Crime and Punishment', 'Demons' and 'Brothers Karamazov'), once during my puberty (I didn't understand much at the time anyway, but I was still reading the great "Dostoyevsky") and once almost 20 years later, after I have more or less developed myself as a person and reader as well. There are many points that literally repel me from Dostoyevsky's oeuvre. The most important and fundamental ones are his predictability, conventionality and conservatism. This particular pattern can be found in most of his novels: all the "good guys" are rewarded in one way or another, while the "bad" ones, on the contrary, either kill themselves (Smerdyakov, Stavrogin), go mad (the atheist Ivan Karamazov) or go to prison to be "punished" for their sins (Raskolnikov, Dmitri Karamazov). There are also "bad" characters who experience a religious turn or remorse, such as Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky ('Demons'), who discovers religion shortly before his death and suddenly... wants to spread the... gospel. I honestly have great difficulty with such forced solutions (something similar takes place in 'Crime and Punishment' - "The Murderer and the Prostitute and the Eternal Book" - according to Nabokov). Back to 'Karamazov': Everyone is excited and talks intensely about the "Grand Inquisitor", who appears relatively early in the book. But I have the impression, although I could be wrong, that we pay less attention to what happens further in the novel: The inspirer of the 'Grand Inquisitor's' story, the atheist Ivan Karamazov, the only one who could save his brother Dmitri from court (by revealing their father's murderer) simply goes... mad (!) one day before the court. Exactly. This is the solution that the "brilliant" author offers, in order to show, in my opinion, what a) "evil atheists" have to suffer and b) the "good-for-nothing" Dmitri can in no way be saved so easily. He has to spend a few years in prison so that he can finally become a "useful" person. Am I the only odd one who found all this extremely cheap, predictable, conventional and kitsch while reading the "masterpiece of masterpieces"? It is beyond my comprehension that such a "great" author (many even consider him "the greatest") would resolve these fundamental conflict problems with such disappointing solutions. Should I talk about the philosophical background of the Karamazov novel? "If there is no God, then everything is permitted." Of course I looked for the allegory, the metaphor of this idea in the novel. Unfortunately, I found nothing. But seriously: do atheists, agnostics, etc. have no principles and no morals? Or has the religious and christian West committed no crimes and will not do so in the future? In my opinion, Dostoyevsky preaches mercilessly and brazenly in his works. But if I want to hear a sermon, I would rather go to church than open a novel. Not to mention the chapter with Starets Zossima; I don't even want to remember that. Of course, a person without principles and without morals is dangerous; we have always known that and I would have liked to have seen this fundamental theme dealt within the Karamazov novel in a special, Dostoyevskian way. In contrast I found only preaching, convention and ultimately disappointment. Besides that, no-one seems to be bothered with the fact that the 18-year-old, I think, Alyosha Karamazov tries to convince a... 13-year-old boy (!) on various theological questions?! Or: At the end of the book, where Alyosha again celebrates the joy of anticipating the... Judgement Day (!) with a group of preadolescence children (!). We read: "Is it really true what religion says, that we will all rise from the dead and live again and see each other again [...]". What is that supposed to mean? I have never read anything more kitsch in my life. When I read this, I felt like I was being mocked and my intelligence underestimated. In my opinion, even a religious reader should finally be disgusted by this passage, because this is simply bad literature. Therefore, all of these points and of course many others, put Dostoyevsky (at least for me) at a disadvantage as well as into the category of a writer of the committed literature, who moralizes and preaches and teaches us with his index finger which is the "right" and which is the "wrong" way to take in our lives. But I could possibly have accepted this too if his literary language was at least special, beautiful or exciting. He does not even master that; his language offers me absolutely no literary pleasure. Therefore, the conclusion I have come to is that for me Dostoevsky is nothing more than an overrated writer, to put it as politely as possible. Finally: There have been some critical observations on YT about Dostoyevsky for some time now, such as: «Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky BOOK REVIEW Part 2 of 2 (SPOILERS)» from the channel "Better than Food". Instead of Dostoevsky please read Nikos Kazantzakis (Christ Recrucified, The Fratricides, The Last Temptation, Zorba the Greek). You'll be surprised.

[@NehemiahWhitworth-w4h]

I appreciate your detailed critique of Dostoevsky, though I see his work quite differently. What you view as predictable moralism, I see as wrestling deeply with faith and doubt - particularly through Ivan Karamazov, who presents some of the strongest arguments against faith ever written (the Grand Inquisitor and Ivan's rebellion against God over suffering children). Regarding Alyosha's scene with the children - rather than kitsch, I read this as Dostoevsky exploring how simple faith might answer Ivan's intellectual rebellion. It's meant to be childlike rather than sophisticated precisely because it's contrasting with Ivan's complex philosophical objections. The 'good guys' and 'bad guys' aren't as simple as they appear - Ivan is arguably the most intellectually honest character despite his atheism, and Dmitri's suffering in prison isn't just punishment but transformation. Even the religious characters like Father Zosima have moments of doubt. Rather than preaching, I think Dostoevsky is dramatizing his own spiritual struggles through these characters. The novel reads to me less like a sermon and more like a dialogue between faith, doubt, and the messiness of human nature. That said, I appreciate you introducing Kazantzakis as another perspective on these themes. Have you read 'The Brothers Karamazov' in translation? Sometimes Dostoevsky's literary power comes through differently in different translations. Obviously you do not need to have me change your mind or even read this comment but I do hope that I provided a slightly different perspective that may help you to enjoy this author a little bit more than you currently do. I would say he may not be the greatest author as that is subjective but I do find his points and messages to nonetheless be important to engage with and discuss.

[@stevenstewart782]

The spot where you 1st started talking And showed us how far you would gotten which was not very far Into the book is exactly where I stopped reading it I would say I would say and I have no intentions of ever continuing It just didn't interest in interest me it was boring There was no Redeeming qualities to any character established at that point As far as I can tell so I did As far as I can tell so I did not continue reading

[@Zoey.is_ded]

bro…….

[@tomfrombrunswick7571]

Jordan Peterson an intellectual? Citation needed. Dostoevsky was a great novelist but his books are grounded in the 19th Century and the debates that were going on at the time. There is no "greatest book". Books meet the moment. As the moment changes you get other books. Dostoevsky was a Slavophil writing his books in opposition to the westernizers. A debate which has gone into the dust bin of history

[@tracer1068]

You basically think art is mortal?

[@ayrtontv6025]

Not sure why people are getting upset about Ian saying Peterson is smart… Hopefully Ian continues to share his opinions in the future and isn’t discouraged by some haters in the comments. Definitely putting this book on my list after hearing what Ian has to say about it.

[@TheLongestTake]

Oh no you did not call Jordan Peterson one of the smartest people in the world 🙄

[@sleuthytv1228]

He is

[@TheLongestTake]

@sleuthytv1228 nah, he isnt. Youd have a better chance making this argument before he sacrificed his integrity to be a talking head

[@matty543210098]

​@@sleuthytv1228 I think he is smart of course... but his content is now just word salad that does not actually say anything.

[@soara4634]

I am undecided on Peterson. I think he is often misunderstood because he lives his life, and even speaks mostly in metaphor. He has trouble understanding that other people aren’t able to separate his metaphors from the point he is making. In that debate between him and Dawkins, they were speaking past each other because one is completely and utterly materially oriented while the other is speaking mostly in metaphor. It was so bizarre. They found each other at the end of it. I don’t know what to think of Peterson but I can tell you I am glad I am not in his head.

[@profire2396]

maybe add a contributing comment before complaining about 2 seconds of the video please

[@ARE.eads_e-Books]

Jordan Peterson one of the smartest living people on planet Earth? Dude, don't make me unsubscribe you.....

[@flapjackni6221]

Please leave and take your toxic politics with you, bye.

[@hzxci1158]

The characters were excellent, but lots of waffle, and not even interesting waffle! 3.5/5*

[@lukejackson3901]

Oh nooooooo Jordan Peterson and Lex Friedman, they’re so horrible. This channel might not be for me…

[@iangubeli]

This channel is about books, not people. You can stick around, I promise!

[@NehemiahWhitworth-w4h]

I think Ian was just making a point that people who can be or are considered great thinkers in recent memory can agree that this is a strong and important novel. He listed many different thinkers and I would think at least one or two of the people he mentioned could truly be considered a point of authority. Also, he ultimately was making an introduction to how he heard about this novel and why it intrigued him to read it. The rest of the video is great and just about the book. I would ask that you watch some more of his content before fully deciding not to follow this channel because I have found great value in watching these videos.

[@joereeve2569]

Wait is Lex horrible? What has he done?

[@flapjackni6221]

I'm sure you're the paragon of virtue. Can you take your toxic politics with you when you leave please.

[@cuttyreads]

Uh oh, you dared to suggest Jordan Peterson is smart! (he is)

[@Ninaofthe90s]

yes ❤️

[@reximusprime31]

Peterson might be one of the most over-rated thinkers of our time. Literally has dogshit epistemics.

[@TheLongestTake]

Would just to add a correction - he said one of the smartest in the world* or something to that effect. Not just "he is smart". I hold Lex to a much higher standard and even Lex is slipping to the grift

[@cuttyreads]

@@TheLongestTake I believe he was moreso referring to Nietzsche, Einstein, and Freud when he said that. Peterson absolutely is still among the smartest popular thinkers of our time, he just has misdirected his intellect in the last few years in my opinion.

[@TheLongestTake]

@cuttyreads and i feel it has been detrimental to his overall reputation, at least for me. Back when his discussion were honest and he yearned for understanding, i admit he was pretty great

[@stevenstewart782]

Why on earth would anyone Go to Jordan Peterson For the answer to the question what is the greatest book ever written What are his qualifications Make that decision. I mean the guy seems like A narcissistic nutcase on his best days

[@yuri0568]

Great video man! I love Jordan btw 👌