The Meaning and Reality of Individual Sovereignty

This special Independent Institute event was held on May 2, 2019, in San Francisco. Why has the idea of individual sovereignty been granted such primacy of place in free Western societies? Why were the men who formulated the Declaration of Independence willing to declare: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness," and, further, to insist "That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
Why, as well, are ideas of individual sovereignty, which have proved so successful in guaranteeing freedom and prosperity in the West and, increasingly, around the world, under attack, by those on the left and the right who offer collective identity as an alternative?
I'm introduced by Independent President David J. Theroux. My comments are followed by a conversation with Independent Institute Senior Vice President Mary L.G. Theroux and Executive Director Graham Walker.
A public Q and A session was held a little later in the afternoon, and is available here: bit.ly/2HkhuUm
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[@stevewitte2501]

I saved $15,000 in therapy bills by listening to this guy.

[@crazyferretlady]

This guy saved me from total insanity and bottomless depression a long time ago. His words still rings in my head whenever I'm in danger of going off my sanity path. #GeniousDrPeterson

[@danielrothstein1409]

I gently nibbled my therapist as I am not “fine the way I am” thanks to this guy.

[@magnusarsland6887]

My therapist was just slightly below this guys standard. Listening to this guy helped me realize what my therapist was trying to make me do. Help me to help me.

[@pyromaster10000]

This guy made me read 6 Books in all sizes in the field of psychology. My life is still shit, but at least I am happy XD

[@larsulle3842]

@@pyromaster10000 this! Man keep on keeping it real and keep on going. I'm proud of you and you're inspiring to us all. 👊

[@Goldenfight3r]

I went from jobless, drug addicted, fighting with my family, homeless and scrawny to having a beautiful apartment with my pregnant girlfriend while being closer with my family than ever before. I put on 30 pounds of muscle and only smoke a little weed these days. I have a new respect for the gospel, and that’s primarily thanks to the words and works of Jordan Peterson. Thank you for sharing your ideas with me.

[@JordanBPeterson]

Congratulations, Tom. Good work. I wish you the best-- and the same to your girlfriend and, soon, your new child.

[@roberjohnsmith]

Lucky man. Jordan responded directly to you. I hope to meet you one day Jordan. I'm just a man from Edmonton, a place I know you are quite familiar with. It's actually my dream to work for you and to help build the Jordan b peterson university. Or to help write and formulate arguments for you. Once I've got my room all cleaned up I will contact you and your team.

[@silverman824]

Awesome mate! Keep it up!

[@beatazielecka1007]

LOL

[@Martin-xv]

Good for you.

[@donna.g7442]

Peterson wrestles with himself when he lectures - he is searching for knowledge. In this sense he is like Socrates and proper truth-seekers. Politicians talk like they already have truth embodied within themselves and their ideologies.

[@jamiem4253]

Very well put, Patrick G.

[@lisatemple990]

most excellent observation Patrick

[@deegee7974]

We were all thinkin it.😊

[@oldarpanet]

This is, perhaps, my favorite bit about watching him lecture: Not that he "knows" but seeing him work it out as he goes. And that he makes so much sense!

[@magnusarsland6887]

@@jerrygreene1493 "Enlightenment, represented by rationality and rational enquiry, carries disenchantment because it carries no home truths: all truths and reality are to be discovered by reason and experimental scrutiny. Enchantment is much more comfortable: people live in a world in which truth is given, established by authority or by the consensus of community." - The social philosophy of Ernest Gellner

[@Greg_M308]

One of the only people on the planet that I will listen to for 90 minutes without hesitation.

[@pascallapointe4362]

Him and randall Carlson

[@Greg_M308]

@@pascallapointe4362 Haven't heard of him. Will check him out. Thanks.

[@badgerrrlattin35]

If I'm going to listen to somebody that long he better have some brain cells rubbing together and have an ability to communicate his ideas. Not a lot of that out there. When you find it, treasure it.

[@cornpop44]

@Psychonaut who hurt u?

[@whiskeymerricks2466]

Me too

[@LanaBlakely]

If every school had a Dr. Peterson things would be very different.

[@jvrerae8512]

Never meet your heroes

[@cd43]

James Carr why don’t you tell us how you really feel?

[@Bestwick1983]

@@jamescarr4662 Ok I'll bite. What exactly is he "selling" that is so much of a con?

[@goofverdinus165]

@@jamescarr4662 can you elaborate on that? how is a he a con artist? he has been saying the same thing for 25+ years.

[@kelsohunt460]

A good man who has made a huge difference to my life.

[@goldberry3648]

Hope your wife is doing well , Professor!! God bless you!!🌸🌸🌸

[@GiaNNhSRocKaSsS]

What happened to his wife?

[@goldberry3648]

@@GiaNNhSRocKaSsS She had some surgeries and the family was really stressed about it. I don't know how she is now, I don't think Prof. Peterson gave an update or maybe I don't know if he has.

[@Johnnychuffchuff]

More very best wishes to you, your wife and family from Toronto, Jordan. Never mind the trolls. Your work is very much appreciated and never more needed than now. Let's close down the state-run school systems now. They are the main barrier to both liberty and education.

[@barrybathwater4877]

JBP is a communist psycho.. Not to be trusted. His books are gobbledigook. He is severely ill himself and convinces young men to be mediocre.

[@Mishkola]

@@barrybathwater4877 This has got to be a joke, since it is almost entirely opposite of what is the case.

[@Artak091]

I feel like Some of this dude's lectures should be mandatory in high school across the country. He really teaches lessons that people need really need to hear but don't get enough of in modern society.

[@mrsockmonkey1969]

Corsafire high school students lack the mental development to be able to digest this kind of information. It would be a waste of words.

[@anna_thema3732]

Sock Monkey -Fuck yourself. I began listening to Dr. Peterson about a year ago when I was 14 years old. I’m currently a freshman in highschool and have watched nearly all of his famous lectures on meaning, relationships, mental health, free speech, and many others. I listened to his book. I’ve been battling severe clinical depression since I was 7 years old. Dr. Peterson got me out of a rut with his lectures and really opened my mind to different perspectives. My world view has been changed many many times over the course of my life so far and his channel gave me even further insight into how I should conduct myself in life. That being said- quit assuming kids are fucking stupid. Shit like what you said PISSES me off to no end. I’m sorry you were a stupid child and thought everyone your age was stupid. God damn... (i’m sorry if i came off as an asshole, your comment just really struck a nerve. i hope you reconsider your beliefs and have a good day)

[@misssarahashplant31]

@@anna_thema3732 I've heard that severe depression is very bad. I'm not a depressive by nature so I can't relate to how you felt.

[@tomasbeltran04050]

Nothing should be mandatory tbh. Or not in that way. If governments all over the world defund postmodern studies, marxist studies and their respective propaganda (specially with respect to international organizations), we'd be quite better off without making something mandatory in anyway.

[@tomasbeltran04050]

@@mrsockmonkey1969 some are, but some are not

[@KungFuKuya]

I am overcoming insane anxiety jumping into becoming a student of economics after 10 years. Every fiber in my body screams flee, but my soul - and your lectures Jordan - tells my body to stay calm and boldly go forward. You're lectures, philosophy and persona has inspired me in ways I always looked in movies and music. But in the end - I only need a father figure to tell me straight that there is no escaping the chaos that is life.

[@ximing1457]

... I had the same feeling... I want to tell and shout with every fiber of my being... Thanks to Jordan Peterson I'm able to hang in there, for a bit longer

[@chrishomevids2879]

He is so good at 'surfing the abyss' then helpfully pulling you back out at the other side. He goes the opposite direction from people who sugar-coat and set impossible expectations of the world.

[@carolynlemire5463]

I love reading how many people, including myself, that Jordan has fathered (irrespecutful of birthing) his influence is worldwide, and we are all so grateful!

[@SeptemberAdam]

Ha ha, so you think...or more like wish.

[@sgtsinatra]

he's the intellectual this modern era needs. not that it deserves. it needs. ❤️

[@KizaWittaker]

@@jamescarr4662 An expansive scholarly answer with sources?? Who do you think you are 😂😂😂

[@sgtsinatra]

@@jamescarr4662 here's the simple answer. really, because he's rational, measured and above all, principled.he tackles things in a pragmatic manor, disassembles the far left ideologies that dominate schools and colleges, and is an inspiration to young women and men alike. he's the kind of man everyone should look up to and base their character off of. and even if you do happen to disagree with him on certain or all issues, you can surely admire his practical approach to everything we see him do. if not, then I'm sorry, I can't help you.

[@christophersimms9128]

@@jamescarr4662 mate, your not entitled to anything like that.

[@bv7920]

@@jamescarr4662 I'll give you a simple explanation. Because he reminds us that the world is suffering, but that we can still thrive despite that suffering if we take responsibility for ourselves and others. It's a refreshing, positive message that gets cynics very angry.

[@jirieskelinen5607]

@islantiI do not agree with James Carr but it won't help that you insult him

[@pvp72]

Thanks for your excellent work, Dr. Peterson. You are contributing something marvelous to our civilization. I appreciate you.

[@fastteddyb]

He is doing good work - but simply reiterating what was lost when we tossed out the Bible - what our civilisation was really built on. He is humble enough to admit it's simply restoring old values. The really GREAT thing is he has the guts to do it in the torrent of foolish resistance to this common sense.

[@wwebb1]

I always learn something new every time I listen to Dr. Peterson. He’ll truly go down as one of the greatest philosophers of all time.

[@OvertonWindex]

So you've never read philosophy?

[@OvertonWindex]

What did you learn?

[@loganschroeder1824]

he's a psychologist...

[@OvertonWindex]

@@loganschroeder1824 and his fans are lobsters.

[@roberjohnsmith]

Lol. So what, I'm a chef. Im also a Christian. I also like to consider myself a strong debater. Your point is moot.

[@bobsaget7326]

Mind blowing to see how many people this man has changed for the better.. 57 years old could go retire happily with his family, put his feet up to relax but he takes on the challenge of helping more and more and more. I hope the best for him, may he live a long fruitful life.

[@Azzamanify]

A wonderful treat on a Sunday afternoon. Thank you.

[@sunshine7722]

Its still morning in most American countries. You in Europe? Canada here.

[@Azzamanify]

@@sunshine7722 I'm in the UK 😊 6pm here!

[@SSGwattedge]

Indeed

[@joeampolo42]

@@sunshine7722 Canadians ... Loreena Mckennit once commented on her hit song Lady of Shallot as 15 minutes singing from a poem by Tennyson as surprising her ... JP wonders at 2 1/2 hours on the the beginning of The Beginning being popular ... well, why not? God bless 'em both.

[@jerrperry536]

I went from jobless, drug addicted, fighting with my family, homeless and scrawny.. yet my situation is still like this but i feel this will change in te future, thanks Tom B for your comment on this video about how well of you're of by now. Now i'ts my turn to turn life around.

[@seemedecrazymuse]

You can do it!

[@jonasdamion1627]

You mean ethan b?

[@terryblanchard5842]

I know you will get free of that. It's way too complicated, way too heavy to remain stuck. I can sense you are moving forward. Takes time, baby steps are fine, with the pandemic, social unrest, there is only one choice, reclaim your life now. Let the others that try to hold you down fall away. I thought my past was a blueprint for my future. I, too dealt with the same issues you mentioned. I've grown out of that gradually. I'm a better version of myself now. Still growing. Learning new things happens every day. I encourage you. Best thoughts and wishes for you. Cheers.

[@mrknowmyself]

how's life going on man?

[@robertrussellmd]

Dr Peterson, I'm praying in the name of Jesus to the God of all comfort for healing, rest and refreshing for you and your wife. I know your lives are anything but easy. Thank you both for what you do.

[@harveybentley3285]

@@alanconlan8337 Hey, thankyou, I needed to read that.

[@imdeexpert5828]

'God is dead and we've killed him'

[@iraqattacks]

not possible, but I understand what your'e saying

[@kishanshivakoti256]

Alan Conlan that’s a thought in a very peculiar tangent. 🤔

[@misssarahashplant31]

Can Jesus cure the kung flu?

[@tomvillalon]

“What we are as individuals are spirits that confront the potential reality and transform it into the actuality of reality as a consequence of our ethical decisions”. That is it. My life just changed hearing that truth articulated.

[@14docmurph]

All the positive energy I can muster goes to you and your wife. I sincerely hope that you are both well and happy.

[@christianbeske2417]

@Corsafire Is that a threat? Haha

[@misssarahashplant31]

@@christianbeske2417 The Watchers are watching.

[@callmemaybe1164]

I was just thinking I need a new JP video. A beautiful coincidence.

[@matthewblackbear3187]

Same. I was recently thinking " I need to hear Jordan again "

[@cd43]

*competence

[@mickeydrago9401]

You are now in synchronicity and can become one with the universe... Consult Carl Jung...

[@crazyferretlady]

Same here..

[@aimen08ify]

Same here..

[@ryanbinder1294]

One man changing the world as we know it one person at a time. Thank you Jordan for being you. Forever greatful

[@rules4life337]

The fact that this man can express these emotions, with that care and story telling, really shows not only his intelligence but how human he is.

[@yetigriff]

I clicked early to place further up the dominance hierarchy

[@mgal6234]

Haha I love that!!

[@peterebel]

Get that hormone hitter!

[@Zayindjejfj]

I too, click my lobster claws in dominance.

[@thebestanswer2]

@@peterebel gang gang bruh!

[@jaypaul4067]

I will mount you to show dominance

[@azizikasi3671]

Dr. Jordan peterson change my life to better . God bless him and his family ♡

[@bliantfive]

I was a little underwhelmed of the beginning of the presentation, mostly for egoistic reasons, since it wasn't providing me with something I need right now. Then he just dropped this: "What should constitude the transcendent value that sits above all other values is your capacity to voluntarily accept the restricted and painfull conditions of your life. To face them and as a consequence of that to immediately transcend them." This is excactly the answer to a question I would have asked him if I had the chance. What is an example of a "higher good"? It took 24 hours to sink in and lift my mood which was declining bit by bit within the last weeks. Obviously I needed that answer. Truly amazing. Thank you.

[@ForeverYoungKickboxer]

@Donald Piniach I learned that listening to Ozzy Osborne song, I Don't Know back in the 90's.

[@ahcensoufi9923]

Keep up the good fight :) And let your brain know that weeks are among the shortest scale of time ;) Slow down, you'll get where you want faster, I swear. See you on the good side ;)

[@sportysbusiness]

I started watching this, realised I hadn't made my bed, paused the video, made the bed, then came back to watch! :)

[@AnnaLVajda]

I have been disciplined to make my bed everyday since I was a child thanks to proper parenting.

[@Intellectual_Designs]

As long as I watch it in bed I don't have to make it. Loophole found.

[@ximing1457]

Good on you my Boi 😄 one step closer to become a great man

[@aliasad8342]

Thank you Jordan, my spirtual father 💓

[@rosswhitlock3025]

hell yea brother

[@jvrerae8512]

You should be careful with your idols and heroes. Even Peterson says that. My advise: don't meet your heroes

[@ITechcompulock]

Should not that be Jesus?

[@oksanaml9279]

@@Gruuvin1 I don't see him as being spiritual.

[@drwalmgc]

That's perfect example of crisis of fatherhood - in wilderness even salty sea water seems drinkable.

[@JohnSmith-rm5sf]

00:27 Introduction: David Theroux, Independent Institute 04:51 JBP Starts 04:43 Axiomatic Statements in the Declaration of Independence 07:17 Non-acceptance of axiomatic statements by Marxists/ Post-modernists 08:18 Consequences of trying to do without explanatory narratives 10:20 Slavoj Žižek - Passion of Christ 12:13 Suffering, need for narrative of meaning 13:25 Neo-marxists / post modernists/ identitarians/ collectivists 14:25 Individual identity from group, Intersectionality 15:22 No post-modern requirement for coherence. 16:41 Why do we believe in the individual? 18:15 Propositions that support DoI statements self-evidence in Genesis 19:15 Dimensions of truth in Genesis 19:54 Genesis - a theory of being 21:01 The reality of experience is made self-evident by pain 21:49 Genesis - God, Chaos and Logos 22:31 Tiamat and Abzu 25:59 Marduk fights Tiamat 27:00 Genesis: God confronts chaos with logos; development of logos 28:13 The goodness of existence is not self-evident for humans 29:30 Logos is speech; truth in speech is created through digalogue 30:28 Nature of No-platforming; free speech 32:01 Symbols of Vision: Marduk, Horus, Eagles 34:08 First daring proposition - Consciousness creates existence 36:06 2nd proposition: 36:50 Ethical proposition from Genesis: If you act in truth then the order you produce is good 38:03 Truth of ethical proposition demonstrated by uncoerced childrearing 39:46 Truth of ethical proposition demonstrated by benefits of high-trust societies 41:18 part of Genesis that makes the Declaration of Independence Self-evident: 43:56 Consciousness is needed when deterministic processes are not available 45:39 Consciousness is needed to extemporise responses to reality based on ethical axioms 49:14 People act as if they beleive this proposition 49:24 Potential 53:08 JBP Remind people of consequences of forgetting 55:37 Potential, Responsibility, Malevolence 57:48 Rights based conversation inadequate 60:31 JBP Ends 61:53 Q: What Positive opportunities are there? 69:09 Q: How can this kind of mutated toxic individualism coexist with identity politics? 77:51 Q: How do you reach a young person who's bought into the notion that life is meaningless? 84:34 Thanks / Ends

[@freshtoast3879]

Thanks man

[@arcad1an292]

Thanks

[@ErenJaeger-kx7wn]

Thanks

[@guilhermejesus7119]

Thanks, man

[@abdulmuhsin4360]

Thanks for this.

[@ninobalolong457]

i just want to thank you sir, you helped me grow as a person, im from Philippines and you made a global impact on people.i am forever grateful to you Sir and your works.

[@roopskee17]

Quite honestly, if there were a professor at every highschool like JBP, whom at a set time each day lectured a loud to the entirety of that school, the mind set of those youth through latter years of primary schooling would be altered in a way that would be so incredibly beneficial that the course of history might change from the disaster we currently face.

[@roywall8169]

Thank you for another wise discussion. My best to you, and your wife. Hope all is as well, as can be. 🙏🏻

[@Rhodiac]

Time to *Clean My Room*

[@TehvulGarcia]

I actually know how to use my vacuum now. Turns out the gadgets included with it do certain things.

[@TheConqueror009]

Jesus Christ is no ones lord and savior. At all.

[@FlexBeanbag]

@@TehvulGarcia kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ7GaoF8m82rbZY

[@dalibofurnell]

​@@TheConqueror009 yeah sorry to burst your bubble but that's not true at all, bit I hope you're okay and that you have a heart encounter with love ❤️ May you be well and joyful and at peace and grateful and blessed

[@proxidevo9164]

Jordan, my man. You've given me the perspective I've needed all my life to actually do what it is that brings my life meaning and makes its suffering worthwhile. I create now, and I do not allow my rationality to talk me out of it and strip my endeavors of meaning.

[@justinvines2774]

I’ll never understand how this guy fits three lifetimes of wisdom into an hour long lecture

[@republikashow4074]

Tonight I will pray for Tammy Peterson to get well. I live in Albania, in the middle of nowhere, and I have been blessed to listen to Dr. Peterson, and to stop harming the universe around me with my regrettable choices. Thus, as I pray this evening, I will ensure that tomorrow I act as if God exists, or at least fearful in my heart that he may exist. And maybe my prayer will not count much, or maybe it will, but I will be a happy and a grateful person when Tammy and the Peterson family get over this difficult period.

[@Max-re5vg]

God does exist....and tonight He's with you in Albania....in the middle of Somewhere important and beautiful.......because you are Praying there......Love from Australia

[@mmerx]

I can watch an entire JP video in the time I'm waiting for my wife to get ready. What ever did I do before these videos?! Thank you.

[@joshthompson3587]

Thank you Peterson for being the voice of logic and truth for my generation. You give so many people a good direction in this chaotic world.

[@stanleerapana3523]

God loves you Jordan. And so do we.

[@davidwensboposaric5498]

individual sovereignty = individual responsibility

[@steelfist1305]

It has taken me two straight years of listening to this man (which led me to others like Jocko or Naval Ravikant,) but I've finally gotten my life back on track. I hope things are going better for your family, Dr Peterson.

[@hughesy606]

Watching this in 2021, you can almost hear the exhaustion in his voice compared to some of the other lectures earlier in 2019. So sad to see his health decline imthe way it did and I sincery hope that he returns to his best to share more of his knowledge to us all.

[@davemontore]

First thought I had when he started talking. Great to have him back.

[@allotherlightsgoout]

I saw him in person March 2022, and I was very struck when he first came on stage by how very tired he looked. It made me sad. He has fought so hard and brought so much good to the world but with so much personal cost.

[@jimgoodwin6440]

Two great things stood out for me in this talk. First, the admonition that, okay, you've chosen your gender, now what? Second, if conservatives are to swing the pendulum back to the right in a meaningful way, a leader must emerge that tells people the truth; that this country is only held together by responsible individuals. Each person has a responsibility to take care of their self to the best of their ability. If they're already proficient at that, then they have a responsibility to take care of their family, their community and their country. "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." It's time to bring that message back. It's time to learn the meaning of sacrifice again. God create man in His image. He created order out of chaos. Every individual has that power. Start by making your damn bed.

[@fajahsgaming1744]

thank you for showing me the light Dr, Peterson. God bless you.

[@daisy8284]

Your lectures never fail to inspire me and make me think. I’m very grateful for you, JBP!

[@vallievi]

God bless Dr. Peterso for the depth of the contents of his lectures and his wisdom

[@rolandguilford8301]

All good wishes to you Dr. Peterson. Thank you for everything you have done for me and for so many others.

[@Shinx7009]

Thank you I was going up hill, but I started getting confused and heading down. unlike other points in my life I'm currently working on changing my direction before it is too late. thank you Peterson.

[@LetsFindOut1]

4:10 *Great Seeker* is a fantastic name for you Dr Peterson.

[@Max-re5vg]

Yeah that got me too....when Indigenous Indians give you a name.....that is special and significant

[@reretno]

I'm so glad and grateful to have found you Dr Peterson, I've listened to you since I found your video excerpt popped up on my youtube browser a month ago. bought your book soon after that and haven't finished reading it yet.. I'm still trying to get myself in order and stand up for myself more even though there are consequences. there's a lot still that I need to learn and let go and accept.. I am only one of those who have listened to you and understand the point of it, in the current world situations we really need someone like you.. I just wanted to say, "I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE AND DOING UNTIL NOW, AND PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND FAMILY TOO, SO THAT YOU CAN KEEP MOTIVATING US". I really appreciate it. Much love :)

[@ariadnabarajas2276]

Thank you Jordan Peterson 🥺 you have helped me identify a few great lies I was living out , I’m great full for that opportunity

[@Badlevhusky37]

Thank you for being so consistent with everything you talk about. Love it 💯

[@AngTheCanadianPilot]

What a beautiful blessing for a Sunday afternoon. When Dr Jordan Peterson speaks we all listen.

[@roberjohnsmith]

What KZbin videos have you been watching, can you link me to some? I want some of what you have, you clearly have deeper wisdom. Please link me to where I can find some. This Jewish shill in puppet has got my stomach turning. I can't wait to see some of what you have to offer. I can see myself in a nesr future with an enlightened state of mind. It's become obvious to me that you are that messiah, please enlighten me

[@andrewanastasovski1609]

"Rule #1: Never stop cleaning your room" -- Jordan Peterson

[@ProwerAdmirer]

Never let your kid stop cleaning their room without standing up with their shoulders back

[@cadmustyrian7211]

Thank you Dr. Peterson for your continued reminders to follow what is meaningful not what is expedient. This laser focused lecture is needed more than ever!!!

[@shaunharrison4457]

Love your book professor Peterson. Currently helping me through a difficult spell of anxiety. Your daughter is an inspiration also. So nice to hear somebody promote something other than veganism.

[@alphonsedlt762]

Thanks Dr. Peterson i have learned so much with your lectures, it makes my reality and the people in it better, keep up the great work.

[@haydenwayne3710]

Brilliant! The synergistic joy to experience the depth of mind...and the example of how truly carefully thought each idea. Thank you, Jordan Peterson. Thank you!

[@xDiSTRiCTz69]

To have such a brilliant, brilliant mind be the fuel to relight so many fires is such a joy and so necessary in these times. You're helping me piece my life together in the form of structure and meaning which is consequently transforming me into a more competent, loving and understanding soul for myself and my communities. I can't thank you enough, seriously! My life consisted of a failed suicide and unbelievable exestential anxiety and depression which prevented me from going outside for nearly 10 years. Now, even though the anxiety persists in my day to day; I'm staring it right in the face with hope. I'm growing and happy because you were brave enough to speak your truth. You threw yourself into the public eye (for better or worse) in the persuit of wisdom and love towards others. Thankyou from the bottom of my heart.

[@Alekosssvr]

Sincere wishes for health above all to Jordan and his family. Talk is wonderful. I have listened to so many JP lectures and talks that I can literally have this as background sound while I'm working. On the other hand, If I really focus, I starting finding all sorts of statements that resonate and make me think and I'll start pausing and analyzing about things and that damn 90min talk takes an entire week to go through ! Υγεία!

[@thegoathuo9046]

I can't thank you enough, I honestly don't know where I would be without your work. Big, thank you

[@odium3691]

Life before death Strength before weakness Journey before destination Your my bro Peterson!

[@pamelacharlet1436]

Nicely said

[@lordmcsmith]

Wait, Odium reciting the immortal words? Something doesn't add up here 🤔

[@bradytanguay3046]

Jordan Peterson has changed my life and has given such a blessed outlook that i would never have formulated on my own. Thank you so much Jordan. You are great man and i love you for it.

[@SammyCee23]

I cannot wait for JP's new Biblical lectures on Exodus!

[@lilvegan]

Excuse me while I clear my schedule for the next hour and 26 minutes for this

[@vivekkaushik9508]

No excuse. Gotta give time where it's due.

[@caznakcur9905]

Lil Vegan??? Lmao. As a vegan of 24 years I had to facepalm at that. Where's your SoundCloud link???

[@AD24716]

Yep, I hear ya. There's only one person I've ever paid to see just talk for 2 hours, and that is when JP came to town.

[@pn5721]

@@AD24716 we not only paid : we traveled to New York!

[@Max-re5vg]

Best Monday night ever

[@itsjeninMass]

Your lectures feed my soul. Blessings.

[@gixxerlouis]

Dr Peterson...you are on a completely different level of mental awakening than anyone I’ve ever seen...the fact that you can explain your understanding to us is amazing...you sir have a version of logos to bring order to the chaos of our world.

[@mikelkryzi1]

This man is a good good man, a great man, the personification of courage and manliness. If he had come out when I was in my 20s I would have achieved so much. Am so grateful he came around in my lifetime.

[@maxpower6918]

Superb another Dr Peterson talk.Hang on....gonna tidy my room ,make a cup of tea and sit back and enjoy what I know will be the best use of 1hr 25mins and 58 seconds anyone could possibly have this year ...unless of course he does another one :) Going to click play once I'm comfy and fill my head with clever healing insightful wisdom.

[@kauxkaux]

So happy to see you dear dr Peterson. Blessings for you and your wife!

[@kabighead]

The world is changing for the better and will continue to do so as the ideas Dr Peterson teaches continue to be heard, grasped and acted upon. Thank you, Jordan, for having the courage to look truth straight in the face, take it for what it is and help the rest of us to grasp it as well. A true hero!

[@MarcLiberts]

Intense and amazing stream of consciousness. Loved this one!

[@joshuasethhill3518]

I'm currently working on an essay about the need for your work Dr. Peterson. I hope you can read it one day.

[@joshuasethhill3518]

@John Podmolik I'll be sure to make it a video for you, it's very rough at the moment...its hard to be as articulate as JBP!

[@RokLinen]

I'll also be expecting it Mr. Hill

[@kpcraftster6580]

Good luck on the essay

[@ThisIsSolution]

Read it

[@giampaolomannucci8281]

Lemme jump on the bandwagon, I'm also interested in watching such video!

[@GH69107]

Wish you and your family especially Mrs.Peterson the best. I hope she gets better and pulls through this. Stay strong.

[@Yabuddy53]

If I ever feel lonely (which is often) I listen to one of dr Peterson’s lectures or interviews. Just kind of makes me feel less alone. We’re lucky to have him

[@johngrady1755]

Love you JP. I'm praying for the wellbeing of you and your wife.

[@MegaNicolemarie]

Thanks Mr. Peterson ! Hope your wife is ok Love all of you God bless 💚

[@jamesmcnicholas2554]

God, Listening to this in my garden, hot mug of tea, wrapped up and bathed in the fresh September morning sun just finished a 10hour waking nightshift in the charity sector. Thanking God for blessings and one in particular; the influence and teachings that Jordan Peterson has laid on us through UTube. Theres a warmth and humility to his real world message, optimistic scepticism. Hope! BUT with a caviat, a sting in the tail, voluntary adoption of personal responsibility...👏👏 and 🙏💜to him and his family..

[@adrianafourcher6835]

I can not express how deeply I am touched and at the same time inspired each time I listen to JBP take on existential questions and connect them to humanity (via the sciences, history, literature, religion, politics). Will continue being a loyal listener and to continue to clean up my room.

[@geoffhernandez3180]

Thank you again. God bless!

[@TheBillNye]

I like to think of Peterson as one of the pillars in my life, almost akin to my parents. He has taught me and opened my eyes to so much psychologically and on how I perceive the world in general. Thank you Dr. Peterson!

[@mikeflannery7219]

This is my favorite Peterson lecture. I’ve listen to all of them numerous times and this one stands out as particularly inspiring.

[@geridannels1701]

Bravo Dr. Peterson! You are my teacher for the correction in my life. I remember when I cleaned my room, thank you Sir. I will say a prayer for you and Tammy. God bless! Jesus is still # 1 teacher 4 life!

[@unbereafigendlic8414]

Everytime I hear one of your interviews or presentations I think "That's the best one he's done. I need to memorize that one."

[@Happinosis]

Wonderful. I’ve stopped resenting that I have to be here, and started turning my attention to work being the thing that makes it worthwhile. Thank you. You understand. I thought I was going mad.

[@VicHLm]

always happy to hear we got one more soldier. There's a lot of work to be done but it's gonna be worth it (;

[@Quietus31]

Thank you so much for investing all this time and thought into getting a lot of deep messages you bring to mankind so clear and understandable. The responsability you take up in doing this, brings meaning - not only to yourself, but to a lot of other human beings... Thank you Jordan!

[@jewelsvaughn9779]

Truly...this is one of the most important talks of our time. i love you Dr Peterson

[@Dave-um7mw]

1:16:49 “You go off the beaten path and you just see how long you last. If you're a highly creative person and you're very disciplined, and you have most of your life in pristine order, you might be able to risk a substantial deviation from the beaten path and manage to maintain your sanity, but if you're a disorganized person and you wonder off the pathway of tradition, you are in so much trouble you can't possibly imagine it. There are things out there you will encounter that you will have absolutely no defense against whatsoever. So it's naive beyond comprehension.” - Jordan Peterson

[@summerhanks3902]

I was once so naive

[@ntokozomalunga3573]

I'm Just completely overwhelmed every time I get to hear you speak. I can't even believe that a person like you even exists. Thank you for existing Professor. 😄 It's miraculous how you managed to make these old stories fulled with wisdom accessible to the modern man and to an idiot like me😅. Thank you for attempting to walk with god Doc and I truly hope that Tammy recovers her health as soon as possible. ❤️🙏🏽

[@Max-re5vg]

You're not an idiot......your ears are still open......good on you.....your eyes are still open.......good on you.......your heart is open.........good on you :)

[@AlexNepali]

Dr. Jordan Peterson. Your book 12 rules for life has changed my life in amazing, amazing ways. Thank you so very much for your brilliant mind and ability to express yourself.

[@mondrian5]

One of the best talks by Dr Peterson I've heard. I've listened to many. 30:00 is startling in its insight. "This war is way deeper than you think." Thank you Dr. Peterson. I hope you and your family are well.

[@whalesnamedshark]

THANK YOU DR. PETERSON

[@Bobedragon]

This one belongs in a "Best Of JBP" collection!

[@mariaguzman1552]

What an inspiration and truth sayer. A prophet in our modern world. Dr Peterson is a blessing to all who listens and understands💕

[@Hunter-xc5ry]

A heroic figure who put me on my path currently. I deeply appreciate all that you do.

[@nicholasjohnstone5924]

He looks like he's aged so much in the last few years As intense a transformation perhaps as an American President

[@nicholibaldron8171]

4:43 - Start Time

[@KingDavidTheOrderOfMelchizedek]

What I enjoy is his confidence, his conviction, his truths! He is bringing it to you raw and uncut!

[@JD..........]

Love it Jordan!! Thank you so much, just brilliant as usual. Your structure, words and speech all!

[@mickeydrago9401]

ESCAPE FROM FREEDOM by Erich Fromm "If humanity cannot live with the dangers and responsibilities inherent in freedom, it will probably turn to authoritarianism. " A bit of the intro at Amazon above

[@LittleBox87]

Fromm is a great author to get to know to!

[@TheDionysianFields]

Have it right in front of me. Power and Innocence by Rollo May is even better. All the information we need is already out there.

[@FifthConcerto]

"I'll close with this" pretty reliably means there are 30-45 minutes to go. That's pretty good for such heady ideas. I'm not sure how one stands up and angrily protests someone who gives all evidence of being one of the most careful thinkers alive. Question him, sure. Argue, perhaps. But protest? Or worse, publicly throw a fit and call it a protest? How laughable.

[@southeasternhistoricestate8550]

Thank you JP for you’re fundamental truths. You’ve changed my life. If I could meet anyone in the world dead or alive... It would without question be you.

[@machtnichtsseimann]

Thank You, again, Jordan, for posting a fascinating discussion on your channel here. Keep 'em coming!