Maps of Meaning 01 (Harvard Lectures)

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@MrGflan]

Marina Ogneva do you guys see an evolution to his Toronto series versus this old school Harvard one? Any new studies disprove what he knew then?

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@OmnipotentApplle]

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.

[@_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!

[@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

[@Peter_1986]

I like how Jordan Peterson frequently changes his manner of speaking throughout this lecture, and goes back and forth between calm and dramatic and uses a lot of body language. This is an excellent way to keep the listeners excited and attentive.

[@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?

[@FrederickFIintstone]

+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

[@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.

[@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.

[@FuentesBoa]

@@shalansharma443 what

[@dreamthedream8929]

@@FuentesBoa suicide you know. How many of them have done that by now?

[@roughpatches]

@ shitty and incorrect take

[@jaga8124]

@@shalansharma443 what is wrong with you?

[@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!

[@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

[@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

[@7143-m6c]

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.

[@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

[@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...

[@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.

[@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.

[@7143-m6c]

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.

[@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.

[@smalliver365]

The fact that he was (or appears to be) at this level of ambition and intelligence at 20 years prior, and continued pursuing knowledge aggressively as he started a family and continued practicing is incredible. I have got to clean my room

[@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

[@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

[@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,

[@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

[@MarleneLiraMarrero]

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.

[@wilson.w5614]

I am a second-year college student studying Molecular Biology. Here I have written some thoughts and takeaway from Dr. Peterson’s lecture: Major takeaway: - We are able to categorize objects through 1) a scientific scheme that is established through standardized scientific experiments, and 2) a culturally-determined scheme that is predicated on its implication for behavior. - The latter scheme render everything (everyone) relatively predictable in a community, which may demotivate us from understanding the boundary of the culturally-determined domain - What is a “story:” a present, a future, and means in-between. - Three types of crisis: mess (disruption) with the present, mess with the future, mess with the means in-between - Like any other story, political ideology and Mythical story can be deconstructed into the aforementioned structure of “story” - Mythical story can be understood with a culturally determined scheme, which helps us comprehend the origin of emotional valence (significance) - mythical story can be seen as a way to comprehend the known domain (order), unknown domain (chaos), and the intermediate domain - Fear/anxiety is A Priori (defaulted) state in face of the unknown domain (threat). One manifestation of anxiety PAUSE ( a paralyzed state of immobility) - A sequence of exploration may start with curiosity on the unknown domain My thoughts: Knowing that anxiety and fear is a priori state when facing unpredictability, Is it possible to formulate and then optimize a Standard Operating Procedure when a person encounters an unknown territory. How should a person metricate/quantify his/her progress in the journey to optimize this SOP for dealing with the unknown?

[@SCheco3]

Throw back Peterson. I'm so amazed how congruent his speech and ideas have remained, even back then he was speaking TRUTHFULLY. "You can't remember something you don't understand." He's said that exact phrase in recent times, BRAVO.

[@kurtgronert]

Holy Cow. Professor Peterson is the kind of guy you think of as always been older. Almost as if his wisdom precludes time. He is so young here its off putting!!

[@austindmunday]

I was 2 years old when this was recorded. I am really glad this exists. I hope Peterson regains his health. He seems have recovered mentally as of the writing of this comment. Reference his daughter's podcast #9, 2020 update if your wondering what happened.

[@jordanpetersondaily9845]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGS8ZKanab9qn7M

[@salbailmasih8481]

He has contracted corona virus...his lungs have given ...critical times😣😣

[@JimBob-vg2og]

What the fuck, go clean your room.

[@rachaelt8729]

@Thomas Serrano it was true

[@dude2410]

I was 9 years away from coming to existence when this was recorded, beat that haha, okok I'll see myself out now

[@quinnrsligo]

6:16 "Whatever it was that we were supposed to have learned from the events of the second World War hasn't been learned, nor been remembered, because you can't remember what you don't understand." 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@tatjanatasha340]

25 years later and his talks are so consistent with what he taught back then. Can't believe he was only a 34 year old guy here :) People seemed so much more mature as you go further back in time.

[@alyssamiles2909]

People? No. I remember people being quite immature in the 90's. That youthful maturity is special and, added to the precocious academic standing and masterful use of language, is unique to Peterson.

[@meowmeowone8479]

Eyyy, respect! That old school projector sure brings back childhood memories, with it's clear pages and handwritten notes and all! As much as we all know there is a past, it's still shocking to see the wise, old, silver-bearded lion was once a young bucko. Thank you for taking the effort to document when it was hardly convenient, nor the norm.

[@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 😁

[@dancingthedream1410]

He is so intense! I mean the way he leans towards the students and talks directly to them over prolonged periods of time.

[@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...

[@JamesOnGear3000]

I’ve heard hours of his lectures. He’s quite consistent. It’s almost clear to me now that this was his prime; which he considers this time in his life. (He had just finished, Maps of Meaning, and began this adjunct position) he talks about it in 12 rules (1). He had just developed his philosophy through dedication, and endless thinking, and writing.

[@stefanstancioiu7335]

Watched 1 minute of this and what comes to my mind? "it takes 15 years to become an oversight success". Well, give or take. He's been crafting what he does today for a while.

[@bizambo100]

Funny things happen when you take a controversial political position...

[@charlievegas8497]

@@bizambo100 What position is that? Seems he's always been against communism 🤔

[@bizambo100]

@@charlievegas8497 Speaking out against bill C-16

[@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.

[@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

[@ko7302]

Boy do I miss these times... it's nice to see you were always such a great teacher. So articulate and kind. I am thankful the world never changed you. You are still the same wonderful person!!

[@ZipTieGuyItRhymes]

What a privilege to be able to listen to his lectures along with others. Gotta love education, hats off to the intellectuals and seekers. Thank you teachers.

[@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.

[@ballyea1]

His enthusiasm is practically tangible...love it!

[@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.

[@PabloGamedev]

It is shocking how lucky we are to be able to attend to this lectures online and free. Peterson is one of the few mans on earth I truly admire.

[@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."

[@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

[@Agent_4547]

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 ?

[@BlueEternities]

Moar moar moar!!! I want to be listening to these lectures all day every day for the rest of my life. Even while I'm sleeping.

[@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.

[@thaddiusglunt2424]

I finally finished reading this book today. You cannot read the entirety of Maps of Meaning without being changed in some sort of way. I feel as though, for myself, the change is quite dramatic and will alter the trajectory of my life by a significant degree.

[@ToddHowes]

1:02:45 The poetic irony of what he is talking about while you see the young lady trying to get by him unintentionally acting out exactly what he is saying. She doesn't know what story he is acting out or how to easily predict where he or his arm gestures are going to be. She doesn't know precisely the protocol for walking behind him and smiles nervously as she tries to assess what her obligation to him are. She is trying to give him a wide berth, but can't because of the narrowness of the path behind him.

[@oliverkenny4566]

These lectures are priceless! Thank you Dr. Jordan Peterson.

[@DANIELlaroqustar]

something ive noticed about jordan is how he speaks from deep within himself and it shows. not to mention how honest he is instead of focusing on the way he says what hes trying to say

[@sylviabowersox1114]

I just finished watching his Biblical Series and now this . . . amazing. Thank you, professor.

[@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.

[@airplanes42]

overhead projector. love it.

[@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.

[@Sylhfer]

These are wonderful lectures, thanks a lot for uploading them. Cheers.

[@jfish032]

In regards to the trite line "never forget" referring to the Holocaust: "Is it the fact that you should ' never forget' or is it the question of what should you remember?" Razor sharp wisdom right out of the gate.

[@MarKaVSL]

@woof beast Exactly. I'm from Germany and that's exactly the narrative that they teach you in schools here. "Never forget Nazi Germany", meaning: "We can't let a political party that is too conservative or "right" have this much popularity again." Although it's about ideology and this social aggression itself, no matter which ideology has taken over. Much more psychological than it is political.

[@autumnleaves2766]

Watching in 2024. What an outstanding lecture and to think that Dr Peterson was only 33 years old at this point, with two young children. I'd enjoyed "Cancer Ward" and "One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich" decades ago, but finally got round to reading "The Gulag Archipelago" last year. It has to be one of the greatest books ever written, given all that Solzhenitsyn went through and how he had to memorise it all, write it down later, and then get reliable people to smuggle it out of the USSR. Dr Peterson's lecture from early 1996 is so relevant nearly 29 years later. I shall order "Maps Of Meaning" soon. I understand it took Dr Peterson about fourteen years to complete. Great to read the comments from people who actually attended these Harvard lectures. Did they know then that their handsome, brilliant young professor would become world famous one day, a positive influence on millions of men and women around the world ? It is wonderful that this gem of a lecture has been uploaded for us to enjoy. I wonder if Dr Peterson would even be allowed to lecture at Harvard now. Has Dr Peterson's IQ ever been measured ? He says that he can read at 1200 words per minute, which really does put we mere mortals to shame. Apparently he also does piano improvisations. As a dedicated pianist myself, I would genuinely love to hear those. What a mind. Dr Peterson once interviewed his own father Walter on KZbin, Peterson senior came across as the strong, silent, practical type. We haven't heard much about Dr Peterson's mother, who passed away this year. I'd love to know Dr Peterson's ancestry, where did this exceptional mind come from ? One thing is certain: we are lucky to have him around and long may it continue. I was 31 when this was recorded, my life a mess then as it is now. Dr Peterson is one of the reasons to keep going, to keep trying to improve. "A psychologist for the world", to adapt a phrase from a Chaim Potok novel.

[@dymoman7]

At 34 years old, Peterson had a comprehension of human conduct that genuinely transformational! As far as I know, absolutely no-one has been able to articulate with the clarity he has, the underlying “human characteristics” that underly genocidal conduct! The “mechanism of pathology” leading to societal psychopathology is an unparalleled contribution to modern intellectual thought as far as I am concerned!

[@dr.zoidberg5096]

Watch his series on the "Phycological benefits of the biblical storys" hes stumbling upon something that has grasped him at his core and oddly enough doesn't know quite what to do with it. Its an interesting watch and gives us a view into his personal beliefs and struggles as well as an un biased view into the characters and situations presented in the Bible.

[@64kdawg]

The 90's. Haaarvarrd.. How bout these apples! Matt Damon Robin Williams Good Will Hunting. And JP was down the hall teaching Maps of Meaning.

[@1995yuda]

Damn thats cool

[@rajathshetty325]

That was MIT

[@robmorgan1214]

@@rajathshetty325 same thing just more numbers.

[@kemsolid]

This man stayed consistent with his words all these years. Talk about being congruent and grounded!

[@GrooveisKing]

Look at baby Jordan! Oh man he looks so young!! Smartest and WISEST man of our time. "And that's no joke" -JBP

[@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✌️

[@angeleyes6572]

He was onto something here, and you can tell that he delved deep into his own psychology in order to get to these answers. Answers that will lead to even more questions, and that's the beauty of life. That no matter how much you know, you never truly are done. Makes you all the more humble when you think about it. And striking equilibria in bridging your subconcious self to the outside world is a work of art. People who manage to do this evolve into great leaders.

[@DaKloneLiving]

I am so very glad you have meticulously chronicled your work Dr. Jordan B Peterson.

[@dsrtrdr]

This aged so well, prophetic even.

[@quinnrsligo]

13:14 - The attraction of an ideology is that it provides you a pre-made identity, and no wonder young university students are becoming ideologues. It's their first time leaving the nest, and so they have to fend for themselves, in an intellectual way, so they cave into becoming an ideologue. The stress that comes with fending for oneself for the first time, albeit in an intellectual way, is so overwhelming for certain personality types that they capitulate to ideologies in order to regulate their emotions. It protects them from the Big Bad Wolf outside - i.e. beliefs that don't fit their presuppositions. It threatens the abstract entity they have already created and identify with. A survival instinct of the psychological self, if you will. This level of abstraction is beyond mere book-smart intelligence. It oozes of Jungian influence. A way of thinking that can be learned, but I'm not so sure it can be taught (at least not in the traditional sense).

[@Melki]

Throughout people's life and throughout evolution in fact, changes always happen. But now during COVID lockdown, we stay at home all the time. Our mind expect some changes in the environment but its too insignificant. This invokes anxiety without curiousity to accompany it with. Thank God for the Internet, KZbin, and the Jordan B Peterson channel

[@jenniferespiritu2172]

The study of process of thoughts and perceived by the mind behavior and perception of truth concious attention of reasoning and knowledge from within .... Your lecture is such a brilliant God bless PROFESSOR JORDAN PETERSON AND MORE POWER !

[@Jim20077]

"You can't remember what you don't understand" Brilliant

[@KadirPeker]

He was still a genius at that age, and had striking deep thoughts and observations even at that age. Young genius, it happens, but wisdom and depth in youth is a true rarity.

[@HalfinchLonomia]

he was 35 in '96 which isn't exactly young

[@KadirPeker]

@@HalfinchLonomia That's true, realized that later. He looks much younger though.

[@HalfinchLonomia]

@@KadirPeker yes that's why I did the math. He does seem younger than 35 in this video.

[@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.

[@dkny02138]

25 years ago I sat a classroom very similar to this one in a course called Psychology 17 - Personality Psychology, taught by Prof Peterson. Not as cool as this one, more of an intro course. It wasn’t until about a year ago that I realized that my old Harvard prof had become somewhat of a worldwide phenomenon. I’ve since watched a lot of his youtube content (of which there is way too much to ever really absorb fully), and to be honest I don’t always agree with him 100%. But I am in awe of how he created this career / internet presence / persona essentially out of nothing but his own ideas. What is striking is how ordinary he was at the time; he fit so well within the mould of a college professor. Never in a million years did I think he would go on to have the extraordinary career shifts that he has had. I honestly don’t remember much from the course except that he was kind and always willing to help his students. I remember on occasion asking a question after class and him explaining things without a hint of pretense or condescension which was not always the case at Harvard. He did take his material seriously though and rarely cracked a smile, but somehow you could still tell he was a genuinely nice person inside.

[@scottyseptim6992]

What in particular do you not agree with in relation to his ideas?

[@dkny02138]

@@scottyseptim6992 He is a little right of center and I am a little left of center. So I don’t agree with quite a bit actually, which I won’t go into here. But there is still a ton that I learn from his lectures that is non-political. Although I don’t always agree with his politics I still think he is one of the brilliant minds of our time.

[@scottyseptim6992]

@@dkny02138 Fair enough. Thanks for answering, I appreciate the sincerity.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@KyNguyen-vv4nc]

I love how Jordan’s argument is so logically constructed.

[@peterjames1075]

Jordan Peterson, special person, great deep thinking mind. A bright star that I recognise and am great full to see his work playing out within my life time! Yes I'm implying he is one of the greats.

[@westofeden23]

Dr. Peterson, watching you speak is awe inspiring. There is so much information packed inside of your presentation, not the slides, but in your verbal lecture that I can't help but wonder if you rehearsed this presentation a thousand times in the mirror. I don't get the impression, though, that that is the case. I think you are truly just able to hold an incredible amount of information in your head and articulate it sequentially at a masterful level. Then I started thinking about how God made you so perfectly and took you down this path of discovery so purposefully so that you could be here today (2024) with all of this refined, discovered knowledge and be able to articulate it so that millions of people can have a sliver of hope that not all is lost. When I listen to you speak, I know how Plato must have felt listening to Socrates. I'm not comparing myself to Plato, but I am certainly comparing you to the greatest thinkers and orators in human history. Thank you, sir. I look forward to watching you speak on your new book tour in May.

[@DunderMifflin_ThisisPam]

It is strangely and wonderfully interesting to listen to these ideas in the context of today's world, over 20 years later. Honestly it feels like time travel, probably because I was a university student in the mid 90's. Rocking that mullet and projector JP :)

[@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.

[@BrandydocMeriabuck]

Jesus, I was two years old when this video was made. I always find it interesting to watch videos that were shot when I was a little boy. I enjoy visualising a kind of panning out of the shot and zooming in towards wherever I might have been at that time, thinking about what I might have been doing as this was going on elsewhere

[@paulfroelich1024]

Weird take, but I like how this includes him talking to people after class and handling logistics such as "do you have a copy of the syllabus," and "do you know where the coffee shed is".

[@prod.richie]

This is such a gift, I could never ask for something like that. Harvard lectures available anytime for everyone. What a time to be alive

[@seamusweston5848]

11:30. I love how the camera guy zooms in on the chairs...freaking smartass.

[@chepochepo]

I like how he gives out the syllabus then dives right into the lecture. I currently go to Temple and the professors spend the whole first school week going over every line on the syllabus while everyone is playing on their phones.

[@ethicalroyaloil]

"You can see that even something mundane can be embedded with mystery." *Camera man zooms in on a few chairs inquisitivly

[@b.c.7741]

Haha good observation, how meta

[@tMatt5M]

Lololol

[@GreenRiver72]

Love how Dr. Peterson references the COOP bookstore! Fond Cambridge memories. ...and what a great lecturer - in both substance and style.

[@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

[@agctony123]

Damn! Thank you Jordan! I would've give ANYTHING to have a professor like this through my life.

[@southernrainforest]

You do have a professor like this

[@braddocke.hutton7392]

He was already knocking on the door of greatness.

[@TheSpiralAim]

I have no formal post education yet, I follow this with ease and your language helps define things very well. I look forward to watching the rest of these lectures on a very interesting topic. I am a bit auto-didactic most of what I've learned I've learned from reading and finding lectures like this. It is quite a shame that another ideological idea has come around to try to shove its way onto the top. Perhaps it is foolish of me to hope for a peaceful resolution where people aren't hauled off to death camps for a broken ideology. With how much promotion of violence I have started seeing in the SJW community as of late my hope is that it puts a bigger spot light on the issue and it diffuses it. Keep up the good work Dr. Peterson.

[@jarrod155]

Back again for literally the 4th time.. watched every one of these lectures 3 times already, and still I find new things to think about..

[@AliAlimaghamTabari]

Amazing!

[@jarrod155]

@@AliAlimaghamTabari all the credit goes to JP. He is genuinely brilliant.

[@lua5589]

Meu Deus do céééééuuuu!!! Eu em 2024, no sul do Brasil assistindo uma aula de Harvard com um Jordan Peterson super novinho direto do túnel do tempo!!!! A internet (e a câmera de vídeo obviamente) é definitivamente a melhor invenção da humanidade, disparado!!!! Meu coraçãozinho não aguenta!

[@robertoxaviercabral756]

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