Maps of Meaning 01 (Harvard Lectures)

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[@masonschultz315]

Keep in mind he was only 34 years old here, and teaching at Harvard. Amazing.

[@jenskapper6007]

Actually he was 33 years old here. Insane.

[@vapourmile]

LOL. 33 isn't young for an assistant lecturer. You really do make far too much of something not very remarkable.

[@TransRoofKorean]

actually he was 29. How anyone was 23 at this point, teaching people who are 18, it's hard to believe such a 16 year old might be in such a position.

[@jenskapper6007]

@@vapourmile Just let us have our little circle jerk ;)

[@Barnstable11]

@@TransRoofKorean And only 13 at the time!

[@_datapoint]

Jerry Seinfeld! “What’s the deal with all of these unmade beds?!?!”

[@johnnymedina946]

I was thinking Bob Saggat

[@jimhalfpenny442]

Came here to make sure someone made a Seinfeld joke.

[@Menaceblue3]

*George Constanza:* “My life is the complete opposite of everything I want it to be...” *Jerry Seinfeld:* "Yeah, no kidding bucko! First, orient yourself to achieving a goal. Second, save your father from the belly of the whale. Third, eat a lobster sandwich roll. Fourth, learn about the overreaching power of the Soviet union oppressing the people in the gulags and the madness of socialist thought. Fifth, pet a cat..." *George Costanza:* 😐

[@Melki]

*funky bassline playing

[@Iamnickdude09]

That’s gold, Jerry! Gold!

[@ChrisShepherdDating]

When you finish watching all the Jordan Peterson videos and start watching over the vintage director's cut.

[@michelleduval27]

It's different for me. I didn't finish them yet. I just wanna watch his real old/new lectures and not discussions or opinion on some topics. 🤷‍♀️ As a future psychologist, I want to learn more about psychology

[@jessequest8575]

Marina Ogneva What specifically ? Lol

[@ffffffupe]

@@michelleduval27 Similar as me. I believe I will understand better if I start from the back.

[@Black_pearl_adrift]

We're goin retro

[@valourine]

hahahaah.... literally what I am doing right now and what I was thinking.

[@1995yuda]

I just can't get enough of this guy. One of the giants is living in our time.

[@acsiata]

The Seneca or Epictet of our times. One of the rare people able to articulate and explain accumulated human wisdom .

[@1995yuda]

@@acsiata 100%

[@ben_alfred]

I was born 9 years after its release.

[@1995yuda]

@@ben_alfred Lucky dude

[@rockzen8050]

lol imagine thinking a guy who is smart with shat takes is a giant lol odd as this giant got almost taken out by...apple cider vinegar but your pic tells me your a a feat man the type jordan loves lol

[@TheAcad3mic]

Thank you, Professor Peterson, for putting this up. This puts us inside the rooms of Harvard. This is such a privilege. Thank you, again.

[@x-7908]

TheAcad3mic Was Havard admission still merit-based back then or already infected by the virus that (among many things) birthed the debate about gender pronouns, which brought Peterson to popularity?

[@doubleeeeeee]

+Mark JN You're not wrong. A lot of this post-modern garbage originated at the University of Toronto, which is basically apart of Canada's "Ivy League"

[@KCCCX]

poophorn garbage to idiots

[@PennyisBananas]

Man I feel like I’ve watched JP’s career completely in reverse to all the latest podcasts, then the scandal/protests and interviews, now all these early lectures. Whatever the case, I love this man and he’s changed my life!!! Thank you Jordan!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I feel so grateful that you recorded all these lectures thank you so so so much!

[@leek1002]

Same...

[@OliverSteadman]

It helps put things into perspective when Maps Of Meaning which, published in 1999 and begun in the mid-1980s, is still 100% consistent with his message today in 2020: that's *thirty-five years* of delivering the same consistent message. It makes me glad to know that he's always been there for us whether it's via (1980s-2000s) overheads & stamps, or (2010s) Quora, or (nowadays) podcasts & audiobooks.

[@ladiesnotfeminists9427]

I was 4 and he was trying to figure out what should never be forgotten about the 20th century. Over 20 years later and his journey is being heard and resonating deeply in my being. Thank you for taking on this task

[@Amstrup77]

for more than 20 years at least, it seems this man has been an absolute genius.

[@ZaxxonHK47]

Have you ever been to a University? You'd probably think every professor is a genius, easily impressed huh?

[@ZaxxonHK47]

@@Peter_1986 lol nice delusions. This may be shocking to you but you really don't have to be a genius to be a professor. Sorry.

[@ZaxxonHK47]

@@Peter_1986 this analogy makes no sense but ok. Just because someone is educated doesn't mean they're super smart. That's just a fact.

[@umairfarooq2466]

@@Peter_1986 Not if you teach woman studies or gender studies. Then you're the opposite.

[@detailingshed8130]

you don't become a genius, you are born a genius or at least with the potential to be a genius until someone discovers you're a genius.

[@carlosfeliz9807]

Wow. 10 minutes in and he already hits us with this: "We're too technologically powerful to remain at the whims of the un-comprehended aspects of our nature."

[@selfesteem3447]

Awwww.... after watching him as a mature man so many videos I’ve enjoyed and this wonderful beautiful caring soul has grown on me… He’s such a precious younger man. Sweet✌️

[@ballyea1]

His enthusiasm is practically tangible...love it!

[@JackT13]

Whilst I may not agree with many things that Jordan espouses, I would give anything to undertake a lecture series given by him. Its a true intellectual spectacle

[@szilagyipeter6698]

Jordan was quite well articulated back then too, but he is much more careful with his words and can explain things easier and better because of his vast experience.

[@urosuros2072]

when your public is young white angry donald trump loving males who dont tend to excell in intelligence you tend to not use the same level of articulation as you might do while talking with Harvard kids

[@TheCorpseshredder]

Jordan Peterfeild "What's the Deal With Truth?"

[@XandersArcaneStudy]

Seek in the comments and ye shall find. I was wondering if anyone else saw this.

[@CzechRiot]

Peterfeild?...

[@bradleyjean-jacques2069]

Lmao nice

[@JesusFriedChrist]

CzechRiot Jerry Seinson

[@memelord69420]

Look how young he is here!!!!

[@braddocke.hutton7392]

He was already knocking on the door of greatness.

[@MagicOfAM]

I feel thankful for being able to witness such pure and valuable knowledge.

[@alasdairhicks6731]

I like this jordan seinfeld 😂

[@MusicMike512]

3:30 "...I don't think you can remember something you don't understand." Goddamn...looks like I'm never forgetting this particular line.

[@mobinali7264]

I was 30 days old at that time. I got to know about Professor Peterson 2 years back. I love his work ❤️❤️❤️

[@Gguy061]

He saw the dangers of identity politics a full 20 years before they started tearing the world apart. But is it any surprise that it happened? To reference his lecture, it's a part of human nature, and given enough time, patterns are bound to repeat themselves

[@Peace-qm2sp]

Free Harvard lectures, I'll take it.

[@jayess8714]

*ATTN: STUDENTS WHO WERE IN THIS ROOM AT THE TIME, SHOW YOURSELF.*

[@andyw6996]

They're all working for Soros now...LOL...

[@d68st90]

@@andyw6996 LMFAO

[@smalliver365]

Andy W Lmao they all developing new subliminal advertising

[@Losttracks2]

10:28 the relevance of this statement has increased exponentially since then

[@carlosbravo6282]

Thank you for the free education dr peterson

[@AnnedolfFrankler911]

This is like watching a historical event... even the video quality checks out!

[@drnorellahcancook]

Many years later, the suits are still on point. love me some Jordan B. Peterson

[@TheFishFTW]

Its so weird seeing him so young! 👀

[@clivemakongo]

I'm not gay, but...

[@Fubuuuuu]

Clive Makong'o your mom gay

[@andrewwizard1577]

Did you see his new beard? 😂

[@sophonax661]

Andrew Wizard15 Ha, yeah, if I was a guy this beard would turn me gay for sure

[@josephvadenshelley2206]

I am. He’s hot!

[@josephvadenshelley2206]

Of course he’s good-looking! Most conservatives are.

[@benharris3801]

Take notes kids. That big box on the desk with a stick coming out of it is called an "Over head projector" Those in the know call it an "O.H.P."

[@morganatorricelli1413]

My brain cannot compute Dr. Peterson's voice with the face of this unidentified young professor.

[@Cinetyk]

Here I am in 2021. I was born in 1984 in Portugal, so I was 12 years old when this video took place, in 1996. I don't recall these subjects being broached at in my adolescence (and maybe rightly so) - whether in school, within my family or in society at large - nor do I recall these subjects being brought up in conversation when I joined university in 2002, studying Physics (of all things...). And this is the controversial Jordan Peterson? Give me a break. This is a person that in 1996 had done the research and spent the time and energy thinking about all these topics and tried to understand them. Anyone who had the privilege to attend could not help but be either inspired or at least challenged - which is more than a typical human can hope to effect on others, truly. And like 20 years later he is still continuing with his findings, and talking about all that. Listen to what he says, think about it, that's all.

[@zgerman989]

Ah, its like watching old home videos with Jordan Peterson staring as your dad.

[@megadeth934]

This was before the battle of C-16 when Jordan was reborn as Peterson the Gray.

[@Dondlo46]

His voice is still the same to this day, kinda *cute*

[@AnyFactor]

Jordan Peterson's having a mullet is something else.

[@locksmithmuggle]

BRO BABY PERTERSON I LOVE IT !!!!!

[@benjaming.8368]

recently confronted a friend with something he isnt proud of. Pushed him to the limit and hed show me how gruesome he could truly be. From a godblessed person to a word twisting manipulator. social agression. i realize there are evil skills i chose not to comprehend that i may have to learn about after all.

[@uzbekuncle]

1:07:18 holy psychology! Gone so many times through this 'if B is no longer here, A is irrelevant and I am in fundamental trouble'

[@MrLazini]

This was filmed before I was even born.. amazing :)

[@thehllw]

This made me buy his book! I love intellectually challenging myself

[@anonymousviewer2257]

Thank you for posting this!

[@soundofbeers]

Never will I look at dragons the same as I did before this lecture. I'm curiously looking forward to the other lectures!

[@jpgo5]

I love the zoom in on the chair at 11:36 XD

[@jacobslouka]

Time is the progression of Energy. May humanity one day (soon) learn its value of existence.

[@nancylawrence1]

This video was filmed close to 1995. How did all of these students find their way to the classroom without a smart phone?

[@cikatheresia]

he definitely looks charming back in 96!

[@dcfincher]

My wife would have the urge to straighten those crooked pictures on the wall behind Dr. Peterson.

[@karogod]

Mr Peterson, I don't know but it seems to me you have given us the key to symbolism, bestowed upon secret society members or high priests in the ancient times.

[@emilywilson9632]

He totally looks like a 80s or 90s pop star. LOL!

[@seanmatthewking]

Jordan B. Mulletson

[@blakeappine]

I was about 2 months old in this video...crazy.

[@WhosGu7aa]

His body language and public speaking skills were insane

[@integralyogin]

the older antidote to chaos still checks out

[@cccchip04]

For real, this philosophical talk of human actions and mental health needs to be taught in younger grades as a community of all children to ponder on. Thoughts of why do humans hurt and fear then act out from that? Why do humans create divides and fear one another? How do we understand, accept and evolve now? Mental Health needs to be a socially celebrated education. Not a just luxury only affordable to someone who can buy insurance after they are broken when they needed it from the start It's easier(not easy) to raise a healthy minded child, than it is to fix a broken adult

[@MrBennyk1981bk]

never had Jordan down as a pen thief

[@slipknuts]

2:38 ahhhh, the good ol overhead projector. those were the days.

[@rogerwilco6725]

Peterson was 33 years old here.

[@cryptocred5754]

This is my age. The man was holding his own courses at Harvard while i'm still pulling my pecker 6 times a day. He is truly a higher being

[@anab0lic]

@@cryptocred5754 you could still turn that round 'bucko'

[@zacharypayne4080]

He had no idea how much he would change the world..

[@minichanz]

Stalin?

[@three3days4grace5]

Back when Harvard was good.

[@kevinbunting960]

Anyone else going to also read the required materials for this course? 😅 Just ordered Gulag Archipelago

[@ZforZ07]

I was 2 years old!! How awesome :D

[@zahraanatiq3111]

am I the only one that has developed a crush on young Jordan 😂😂😶

[@freebeerishere]

nope

[@selenafanforever1000]

Just young Jordan?

[@brittanytv-um1sv]

Right there with you! Haha

[@zahraanatiq3111]

@@selenafanforever1000 I see older Jordan as a father figure 😂😂😂 so this weirded me out

[@walker9893]

order in the front, chaos in the back

[@AnthonyL0401]

5:00 Peterson already seeing the folly of identifying actions by identity groups -- 20 years ago probably

[@ReneZZ]

I have admired some individuals throughout my life but this guy... this guy is a masterpiece himself.

[@daviddiaz-clifton4898]

And he's only gotten better too

[@Antolopcas]

An incredible homifella, i would say.

[@carljung99]

he got depresed right after he got rid of his mullet

[@Santiago-si1ks]

homie

[@PlumGustave]

Beautiful comment.

[@infinityisone9480]

Order on the front, chaos on the back.

[@CliipZx]

infinityisone Great comment lmao

[@eldermillennial8330]

infinityisone They look much better with tight curls.

[@aaronrohrke9019]

This comment made my week!

[@Thefatandy]

😂 Jerry curl mullet jordan peterson is my favorite jordan peterson

[@brainsmith9827]

I don’t know what these other people are talking about but got it right, very funny.

[@williamjthompsonjr]

Only an integrated shadow can sport that mullet.

[@CobraXXVI]

Best comment

[@shakyamuni_mx]

hahaha, oh boy... this comment is so cool

[@nickolasyoung9438]

spectacular

[@xiiinosceteipsum]

Yes!

[@Jkobe2345]

Honestly amazing

[@Avalon_Silver]

Never in my wildest dreams did I ever consider the possibilty of sitting in my own home (in 2019) and being lectured to from Harvard University (in 1996)... Strange times. (and it's free...)

[@martinbalboa3780]

Wow.

[@johnb0nat3r]

Like buying a never driven 96 Rolls Royce 😂

[@richardplace4856]

Amen

[@fenixwulfheart454]

This is the future, friend. As time goes on, more and more of our teachings will be well and truly immortalized. Eventually, education will be free for all by virtue of the fact that all of it will be preserved in places like this.

[@camallam]

I pay monthly internet so I might be paying a few cents for this, game indirectly.

[@zaqwertyfish]

KZbin is the closest thing we have to a time machine...

[@hr.pikkerup8793]

Operation lookingglass!

[@jacobslouka]

Touché

[@ckihooligan]

I'd suggest books and art...

[@dstubby82]

Strongly recommend history museums in many small towns. Amazing stuff out there.

[@bethankrzowski4553]

And social media is the closest thing we have to telepathy...no visual social bounderies behind a screen.

[@turdferguson353]

Who's old enough to remember those overheads!?

[@jamesalvarado3961]

I remember I had a history teacher who was also a Marine and the football coach. He would just spit on the plastic sheets and use a rag to clear the ink off. The whole class would always be grossed out by it.

[@LSDOvideos]

Old enough? Please. In 2009 my high school still used those pieces of crap. Had a particularly hilarious moment when the plug on one of those ancient things shorted and caught on fire.

[@danielpetersen5948]

I was born in 02 and remember using it in church for bible study.

[@jackspedicy]

Dude I had those till 2009

[@gede7969]

Dude, the last time I used them was last year in german high school.

[@quinnrsligo]

5:21 "The propensity for holocaust-like events is deeply rooted in human nature. The lesson to draw from the events of World War II is that that's what human beings are like, not what the Nazis were like." 🔥 🔥 🔥🔥 🔥 🔥

[@arguellescisnerosmovies2442]

So Krishnamurti-like

[@emile7549]

Odd emoji usage

[@darkphoenix00001]

that's a gem of a quote!

[@SidharthGat]

I always wonder how this man manages to see thing from perspective no one else is seeing from and find something unseen before...

[@aaronrohrke9019]

Haha, whoever they asked to be the camera operator obviously loved all its possible functions, haha.

[@Black_pearl_adrift]

*zooms*

[@mrs.schmenkman]

pans...

[@benwrong6855]

plays the camera like a musical instrument

[@_blackheartemoji_2189]

fresh tech back then

[@meronepal8036]

And this is cameraman utilizing all camera features and functions to it's max 😁

[@emiliosalazar9962]

In the 90's everyone looked exactly like Jerry Seinfeld.

[@arquita]

Or is it that Jerry Seinfeld looked exactly like everyone? 🤔

[@keithskegwin]

A tad of the ted bundy about it too

[@darrelleffingeez]

🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 💯 💯💯

[@ulisesgonzalez8968]

Jerry looked like everyone else

[@georgedisorder]

Ahhh, the 90's.. when video quality was low, stocks were high, and one of my personal heroes was formulating the thesis that may yet save western civilisation.

[@CK-dp6je]

Sean S. Such stupid comment

[@Andreas-qm3cc]

I think his thesis was about alcoholism

[@Black_pearl_adrift]

And that hair ✨

[@horstnietzsche1923]

@@Andreas-qm3cc I don't think he means his doctoral thesis anyone can create a thesis it's just a theory or hypothesis basically.

[@Kube_Dog]

It gets real at 43:00 when he takes his jacket off to reveal the puffy pirate shirt.

[@gabe7143]

Is it bad that I laughed when the camera panned to the chairs when JP talked about the complexity of wood?

[@DirtyHippyStudio]

i also loved this :---)

[@betwandet41]

same

[@Andreastheduck]

dude. you were here before he was mainstream. cudos, bucko

[@Jkobe2345]

@@Andreastheduck probably a student

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

That was morally totally unacceptable.

[@alyoshakaramazov1691]

I took this class, but the year before. Jordan was a phenomenal lecturer. I took the class for no credit, and was not the only one who did. Those classes flew by. I thought the first time I saw him lecture that he would end up in front of large audiences eventually. We all thought he would become famous when his book was published, but it made no impact at all, unfortunately. We knew we had something special, and used to get together and talk about his ideas. It was intense - it affected the way you looked at all your other courses. AMA.

[@hankhill2154]

When u watch him now compared to back then what change have you noticed? In every aspect really but mainly in his ideas, is there anything that he seems more convicted about, do you notice any changes in his ideas etc..

[@alyoshakaramazov1691]

@@hankhill2154 Jordan moves along a continuum between Jung and Solzhenitsyn. In the 90s he was more interested in Jung and individual psychology, whereas now he is more interested in the individual’s role in society. But they are all the same set of ideas. Most of his ideas were in place by the time this video was made, but Jordan never stops learning and refining. It is interesting to listen to him now in interviews and hear him pick up an old train of thought and play with it and try to get it stronger or articulate it better. Jordan would often listen to student questions in class, and a week later the question would be integrated into his lecture.

[@hankhill2154]

@@alyoshakaramazov1691 no wonder hes so good at articulating and defending his ideas

[@hankhill2154]

Which one of his ideas/sentences/topics made you say "yep this guy is special" and which one stuck to you most

[@alyoshakaramazov1691]

@@hankhill2154 His first class lecture was riveting. He wasn't just reciting these ideas, he was trying them out in real time. I've seen lots of great teachers, but Jordan was on a mission to understand these ideas. One of his great quotes was "Motivational states compete for predominance in the present, in the purely subjective and interpersonal spheres, and also compete across time." It is a deep insight.

[@lukeholyland8302]

I'd love to see Jordan make a video of himself reacting to these old lectures, to see the evolution of himself and the ideas he is articulating. What has changed or what he thinks he done badly, not to say anything here was done badly, but I am certain he'd have some things to say looking back at this and I would say he's definitely gotten better.

[@bizambo100]

yeah that would be awesome, though I'm actually surprised by how little he has changed since then

[@ScoutSniper1990]

Directors commentary would be nice.

[@aprilezell3784]

That’s a GREAT idea. I was teaching at a University at that time as well. Loved the projector.

[@lordbunbury]

Most of this he still talks about verbatim

[@hayalaln2302]

good idea!

[@gabe7143]

You are protected by something that you don't understand from something that you don't comprehend. Holy shit.

[@Ghost-ip4ku]

Gabriel Gilbert Instincts navigate the unknown

[@forceboxed]

jef it’s not a tautology

[@alexander3819]

@@jay1373 Ahahahaha

[@mrs.schmenkman]

jef If you do not know the difference between understanding and comprehending I dunno what to tell ya. I can understand that water makes grass grow but comprehending how that process takes place is something else entirely.

[@forceboxed]

jef just because a sentence contains synonyms doesn’t make it tautology. Even if you use the same word in both places it is still talking about 2 different things: being protected by something, and being protected from something.

[@FozzieTV]

Damn... if he's been operating at this level of intensity for at least 20 years, I don't know how he hasn't had an aneurysm or something.

[@cr35t23]

Fozzie TV The majority of humanity is/has and will be average. Every once in a while a Jordan Peterson pops up.

[@eldermillennial8330]

cr35t23 Reminds me of something the late Judge Scalia said a few years ago when defending the constitution: “...every so often in human history, Genius Rises forth under ideal conditions.”

[@Megadrevil1]

RyGuy Son of Seamsters Hey, I noticed you have a “Peterson recommends” playlist on your page. Have you been able to find audio of Ordinary Men?

[@brunomuscolo7063]

He's much more serious now. Here we can clearly see how his emotions show when he speaks. Today he's much more centered, cold even in sone cases. Innocence lost maybe? I dont know what to think. Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Or maybe a bit of both.

[@imacoolkindofguy302]

Well it's looking like he about did, go watch his health update on his daughters channel looks like he finally broke but hes healing now

[@slipamo4309]

37:38 are you telling us something, camera man?

[@vulekv93]

You are at the university, this is what happens at university , I know it, you know it *wink* *wink*

[@DannyWOG343]

Hahahahha

[@kasperm.r.guldberg7354]

Divine female principle. Not making men too self-conscious in the moment.

[@CzechRiot]

It wasn't really subtle...

[@doartichaut9031]

We only live to discover beauty, all else is a form of waiting.

[@hamidfdsav8805]

"We're too technologically powerful to remain at the whims of the uncomprehended aspects of our nature"

[@lindsaysimplyliving803]

He says as he places another piece of cellophane on the overhead projector.

[@ralphdavidson9542]

I'm listening to the lecture and he said that sentence at precisely the moment I read it from you.

[@MrAmitArun]

Ralph Davidson that’s perhaps what they call synchronicity

[@ZaxxonHK47]

@@lindsaysimplyliving803 yeah and? I dont think you understood

[@Spractral]

@@ZaxxonHK47 Lindsay is joking my friend,

[@mortoopz]

Bizzaro Jerry Seinfeld ;)

[@williamkoscielniak820]

LOL had the same exact thought!

[@EtherasFox]

Except twice as funny

[@Rubashow]

It's the other way round. Seinfeld is the bizzaro Jordan Peterson. Think about it! Seinfeld is a show that has no meaning. Peterson lectures about the importance of meaning.

[@mortoopz]

Is not a Bizzaro's Bizzaro also a Bizzaro to the original Bizzaro? ;)

[@JonnyCrash]

Bizzaro Rick Grimes in 2017.

[@hughmungus7425]

I always get the feeling Jordan's students have absolutely no idea what he's is saying.

[@juliosanchez8263]

this is incoherent babbling

[@hughmungus7425]

@@juliosanchez8263 Found one.

[@apex11177]

@@hughmungus7425 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@genghislad6195]

They are Harvard student, most likely more intelligent thant a random youtube commentator

[@telvis6467]

@@genghislad6195 Bars!!!!!!

[@adamoates8826]

Prof. Peterson is experiencing first hand the tendency for social aggression these days. He's been on the receiving end since he spoke out against bill C16.

[@drebue7065]

In the end he is still Human, a succesive attack for years is gonna break you down.

[@peteaston10]

This series is a gem. I can't help but wonder how the lives of these students turned out. Not only that, I wonder how this class might have changed the course of their lives in some way. Thank you for posting

[@eldermillennial8330]

T Clark Well, if anyone has been the exception to that wretched rule, it has been his students.

[@Rdela-nj1td]

@@shalansharma443 what

[@dreamthedream8929]

@@Rdela-nj1td suicide you know. How many of them have done that by now?

[@roughpatches]

@ shitty and incorrect take

[@jaga8124]

@@shalansharma443 what is wrong with you?

[@patrickm.blanchard8497]

Imagine sitting in this class, at this time, not knowing you are listening to one of the most influential intellects of the 20th century

[@hiyoryan3901]

21th?

[@Hello-hn9kq]

@@hiyoryan3901 20st*

[@tristan4175]

​@@Hello-hn9kq We don't live in the 1900s, it's called 21th century.

[@DemosthenesLok]

To all the rude comments below, I believe this lecture was given in 1996. I'm would assume this comment is referring to the century the lecture was given. Thus, the 20th century.

[@urosuros2072]

i hope your joking mate Calling lobster king a intellect is just insult to whole of humanity

[@takieddinbalti6956]

are you telling me this genius knew that youtube would be a thing and that he could educate millions of people across the world in 20 years? holy shit man.

[@yassinemotaouakkil3530]

about that mullet: truth in the front, party in the back

[@chrisc7265]

if he stands in place and spins, you can see the endless cycle of chaos moving into order and back into chaos

[@MrWeAllAreOne]

Yassine Motaouakkil Be fair,it was the 1996 afterall. 😁

[@eldermillennial8330]

A Mullet looks better with curls.

[@manuelpineiro8532]

Order in the front, chaos in the back.

[@bearfoot843]

I thought this was an episode of Friends where Ross was gonna get it on with the hot chick in the front row.

[@j.h252]

JBP is a little Einstein, an introextrovert in one person, who went very deep, harvested there honestly and carefully, hammered his findings from all sides and has now a very well founded idea about many things and shares this with us, now, as a extrovert. His train started long ago and is coming now roaring out of the tunnel of learnig. I like this guy!

[@CarlosVargas-oo6gn]

He is actually moderately high in extraversion

[@spaceowl5957]

Cringe

[@siggysanutube]

Nicely put.

[@jernyx9139]

thats a bit cringe

[@ahmediscoful]

Ambivert the word you're looking for, also that's kinda cringe

[@Bellahope11]

This is crazy, its like ALL HIS LIFE he has been preparing for this moment in time.

[@bizambo100]

@Chidori457 Is that why God lets children die?

[@chriswhite2151]

And so have we.

[@DDCrp]

"we're too technologically powerful to continue to be at the whims of the uncomprehended aspects of our natures" the frickin shadow hanging over the 21st century, folks.

[@jessestevens_aka_jesus]

big and true

[@marcvesper]

And 20th. And arguably 19th.

[@DDCrp]

@@marcvesper true... Very true. I guess it's more about the consequences of pathology now being able to scale globally, instead of on a nation by nation, tribe by tribe, basis.

[@TheGamedMind]

1:07:46 "..this is a bit outdated, but we run out of hardline ideologies..." little did he know, 22 years later, the rise of feminism and social justice has all of our life's at knifepoint. Brilliant man though, Jordan Peterson is just brilliant.

[@Saddamuel]

He said it wouldn't last.

[@Biggiiful]

Right after that he qualifies that it's unlikely to last for long. He was exactly right

[@AnthonyL0401]

Feminism has been around for a century, and strong, for decades. If you are able, distinguish classic feminism ("feminazis" per Rush Limbaugh) vs intersectional feminists. This latter category is exactly as you say. The WOKE mindset is putting us all in danger to supposedly help a few feel validated.

[@s.b.1352]

I simply love watching him develop his thoughts. It's not really improvising, it is more like a constant struggle with himself to express his thoughts in the best and precise way possible. Very impressing!

[@AlizaDavidovit]

Very well said

[@darrynrenton5693]

Who is here in 2020? Thanks KZbin for recommending, brilliant lesson

[@yossarian1633]

Yeah I'm on a Peterson lecture binge but wasn't aware his Harvard days were on youtube so this is interesting. Turns out he was genius in his 30s too.

[@Fighting_Fatigue_117]

If I was four days earlier I could say yes.

[@tabspham]

2021.

[@duffyissokwl]

I’m here in 2029 Peterson dead. New virus. Invest in crypto $€#¥.

[@apex11177]

2007

[@OokamiKageGinGetsu]

Holy crap! An overhead projector. I haven't seen one of those in about 20 years.

[@JW-jg6vq]

David we still use them a lot in Canadian schools lol

[@BasedPeanutButterEnjoyer]

Nice

[@johnqiu1659]

@@JW-jg6vq oof, every class still uses it

[@generalofg3377]

We used that up until the late 2000s at my school.

[@timmansurov6873]

We have used these in NYC public schools up to 2016. Is that good or bad ?

[@jasonm7700]

I like this quote: "It's our very capacity for social organization that also gives us this terrible capacity for social aggression". A very prescient warning against the dangers of SJW identity politics (and other hegemonic ideologies).

[@chemicalimbalance7030]

JC M weird I read your comment at the EXACT moment he said those words. Very strange experience.

[@Aimia4]

I totally agree. We need look no further than the atrocities that organised religion has plagued humanity with in its lifetime. I want to be clear that it's not the religious beliefs, but the organisation of religious peoples that have waged war and committed terrible acts to which I am opposed.

[@eldermillennial8330]

Aimia4 Well, protecting sacred axioms has always been humanity’s first instinct. “People can’t stand to be poked in their axioms”, as Dr. Peterson likes to say. Mutually Protecting minimally differing axioms in the least aggressive way was the Great riddle that the American Founders have sought to answer with their Constitutional Experiment.

[@ecxstasy347]

Jason M Not sure if this fits “The most elementary form of rebellion, paradoxically, expresses an aspiration for order.” - Albert Camus

[@travisschwarzkopf5577]

The comments here are almost as profound as the video itself. The winner I believe to be "Order up front, Chaos in the back" .love.

[@braddocke.hutton7392]

That saying has been around since the early days of the mullet. Alternatively, "Business up front, party in back" etc.

[@reprogrammingmind]

'Ideologies are the verbal expression of the internal structures that regulate our emotions. When you mess around with someone's ideologies you're therefore as a consequence messing around with the inhibitory structure that regulates the interplay between their emotions.' 8:40 Bang on :) Love it, thank you for recording and uploading!

[@john-zz6qo]

Reprogramming Mind you're destroying worldviews and this is why when you expose error in someone's worldview it should always be done gently with the truth.

[@spencer6288]

it depends what kind of "error" are we talking about. If we mean that about religious structures, well, there are spiritual laws that are everlasting, cosmos laws and no matter what you or I or anyone else believes, those laws are exactly those and they are forever fixed the way they are, meaning that if a murder, betrayal, idolatry, to name a few, are considered evil or sin by the majority of the religions, especially by christianity, well, it's no wonder when people commit such things that some of them go mental or lose the meaning of life, the mental illnesses and diseases are exactly those spiritual laws, people either did something evil, or it's caused by another human being @@john-zz6qo