2016/11/08: My Message to Millennials: How to Change the World -- Properly
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- Young people want, rightly, to change the world. But how might this be properly done? Dr Jonathan Haidt recently contrasted Truth University with Social Justice University. Social Justice U has as its advantage the call to social transformation. In this video, I outline why Truth is the proper route to societal improvement -- and why that starts with the individual.
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I read Archipelago Gulag in the middle of a 10-year prison sentence in America. It absolutely changed my perception of both myself and the world around me. I went into prison 28 years old, addicted to heroin, filled with rage and resentment, reveling in victim thinking, and blaming everyone for the failings of my life but me. After reading this book it started me on a path of self discovery. At 36 I walked out of prison and changed everything. I learned personal responsibility, honesty, and integrity and applied it to my new life. Now 6 years later my life is filled with peace and love. I have an extremely well paying job that I look forward to going to every day. Im in an amazing relationship and I appreciate freedom in a new and profound way. Essentially I changed my life from Hell To Heaven and it all started with reading that book.
abrar samen indeed.
You're an inspiration to many.
russell d God bless you
Absolutely awesome. I pray you continue to receive great things. I really need to get to reading lol.
God bless you russell d!!
Jordan B Peterson, I'm a 23 year old guy and I must say that after watching the content of your videos you have changed my life completely. Please have the strength to continue the struggle, I will now be in the trenches with you. Best wishes from Sweden.
Martin Hagård To be honest i feel similarly. I'm three years older, with a laughable degree, and this has been the intellectual lifeline i feel i desperately craved.
Best advice I can give either of you is read Encyclopedia Brittannica great works to give yourselves a classical liberal arts education. They're all in public domain so you should be able to source the .pdf's for free.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Books_of_the_Western_World
JS Mill is in volume 43
Agreed. Wish I found him sooner than 25
And may You and your Country forever prosper ... support from Minnesota
Hey guys, life changed forever over here too.
"Universities have to decide between social justice and truth"
That's Haidt speech!!!
underrated comment
noice one
I think it's rather that "social justice", despite the name, is not just.
We see what you did there.
clever.
How can a man of such intellectual genius and beauty be attacked in such a way? It speaks volumes to the festering sickness and out right evil growing in the collective mind of man.
Not man Jew
You must be lost. With a name called what is real. Trying reading books about investigators,how they track down criminals, solve mysteries find missing people ect, ect
J H Could you please give us an example of that which is "easy to take apart"? Given your statement, it should be very easy.
There's a patina of ethnocentrism to him that makes him suspect for me. At 4:03, he brings up a 100-word New Testament story instead of succinctly putting it as Gandhi popularly did to "Be the change you want to see in the world." He does things like this constantly. He's slippery, but there's a constant chip on his shoulder and under the surface anger that for me suggests he doesn't have it as figured out as he presents. It's like he's a geologist but his specialty is planetary crusts. Fantastic, we need that. But there's more to the field than crusts, so don't tell me you know everything, and have some humility while you're communicating what you do. Your sins may catch up with you. Or those who trusted you.
Evan Green
"ethnocentrism" you have a problem with people that care about their race? In which case you have problem with nature.
I'm 21, a UofT student, honestly just discovering my political and general world views. Prof. Peterson is such a huge help, I feel like he's one of the only profs that actually cares about the students and student life. He's spending his personal time fighting for a better and more healthy school atmosphere and he's educating us. Thank you Prof. Peterson for all your hard work and guidance.
As a flip side to this, I am a Canadian professor, 48, who is being awakened to the insights and influence (much of it analogous or identical to Jordan's) I could be helping younger people with as a result of his videos. I seemed to have lost touch with how hard it can be to be 21.
"Why would they be for using the wrong pronoun"
Because that is exactly what the law states, regardless of intent.
I think the point still is that a law must not decide the words one "MUST USE", it is difficult enough already for the law to define words one " MUSN'T USE". Adding another crazy threshold now creates a precedent in law that could end up being bad for the future. The law might be good now, but think of when a malevolent person becomes in charge and uses the precedent to write in additional words that one must then use.
That awakening will take you somewhere, when you pursue it with honesty.
In my opinion, it is absurd to insist that failure to use a made-up pronoun would qualify as hate speech. Adhering to such demands, which are indeed based on a social construct, is not about showing respect.
We can't have a society where these sensitive mental cases warp the definitions of "hate" and "disrespect", while there are real problems to worry about.
Whenever I listen to Peterson I get this feeling like a burning golden glow in my heart. It feels like truth and hope.
Ahhhhh.
Beautiful comment, I agree with you!
FINALLY!: The regressive left's choke-hold upon the "social narrative" across university campuses begins to loosen it's icy grip! Peterson speaks truth to power.
Lexi Rae He's pretty awesome and unique. We have 3 uni professors in Canada that are bravely sticking their neck out and speaking out on various issues. It's easy to see why Peterson has caught such international acclaim though. A shout out to Janice Fiamengo, for her anti-feminist/men's rights blogs and speeches and to Gad Saad on Islam and free speech as well.
Tom Woodthorpe The reason you and many people including my self feel those feelings is because he speaks of the most fundamental aspects of the human mind. We connect to it because we all have the same rock in the depths of our mind, and we only need to find it and begin to unearth it witch is what he does when he speaks.
Dear Mr. Peterson,
I have followed the situation which the media has centered on you from the very beginning. I come from Romania, a country which, I'm sure you know, has suffered under communism. I was born merely 2 years after the Revolution of 1989. Even today, more than 20 years later, the ripples are there. My generation grew up in the centre of those ripples. As far as I can remember, even as a toddler, I had made up my mind to leave my country in search of something better. I grew up in a family of intellectuals too. My parents always put great stock in academic achievement. My father bought me books. I read Piaget, Sartre, Dostoevsky in middle-school. I've always been inquisitive and deeply passionate. I started questioning things. That didn't go well. By the time I was in high-school, years of emotional abuse at the hands of bitter teachers of the old guard threatened to make me finally kneel. I would come home day after day, and tell my parents about this or that teacher shaming me in front of the whole classroom, talking me down, reducing me to tears. They kept telling me to bow my head. As a famous Romanian saying goes "The sword does not strike the heads that bow." The reason I would not, could not bow my head was because that meant going against my principles. Corruption was everywhere. Teachers got away with everything from openly asking for bribes in different forms to physically and emotionally abusing students. I barely graduated because of this. Everyone always told me I could have done much better for myself had I not been so hot-headed. Everyone knew I was right, especially the few teachers who were different. Everyone told me that I, one person, could never change anything.
Almost immediately after high-school, I moved to Sweden. I immediately found myself to be the odd one out, once again, but not in a bad way. At the time, I thought it was amazing that I could voice my opinions and not be berated and shamed. I was embraced in almost every group at first, but treated warily. The more politically aware I became and the more I started speaking about issues no one would touch, such as mental healthcare and extreme political correctness, the more people walked away from me. Seven years later, I am weary. I live with my husband in one of Stockholm's ghettos. I stopped being a feminist because I simply couldn't be that idealist anymore who "wouldn't let the bad apples poison the batch." There were just too many bad apples. But I can't talk about any of this.
Like you, to stand idly and NOT speak against societal problems is the worse alternative for me. Often, I am forced to stay silent. I have lost friends, and I am weary and tired. Stockholm University, the place I go to for my education, is an echo chamber. It's not the worst of the lot, but I most definitely cannot express my opinions out loud. I am considering starting a men's rights group, or a classical liberals' group and challenge others to discussions. My fear is that no one will join, and that the university's policies would serve as an argument against me and others like me.
I suffer from chronic depression and a slew of other mental diagnoses. Three days ago I came home crying from a family reunion. My in-laws are very politically correct, but allow discourse. My sister-in-law, however, is a close minded social justice warrior type, and when she's in the room, I'm usually silent for fear of causing scenes. I have adopted this manner after an incident in which I jokingly said "that's so gay" in response to two of our male friends jokingly acting like they were a couple. My sister-in-law immediately shut me down, and an awkward silence ensued. That put a rift between us. I should mention that I am bisexual, and three of the people present, including one involved in the joke, were bisexual people, and just laughed it off. Since then, out of respect for the rest of the family, I do not challenge her.
But I am weary. Very weary. My husband and I live in a shithole, in a neighbourhood where they stab the pizza guy. It's cold and we have bed-bugs. Most of our neighbours have cockroaches, too. All I have of value in this life is my husband, whom I love deeply and who shares my views, and my dream of one day teaching others at university level, as well as continuing to learn and better myself. The latter has always been my dream, and the thought that I would have to give up my values to achieve it makes me contemplate suicide.
I'm sorry for the long-winded letter, but I wanted you to know that your actions have given me hope like never before. I have had few teachers who have truly made me grow as an academic and a person, and I just want to thank you for being one of them.
There are many like me, and you give us courage. Thank you.
With respect,
~ Kitty
Kitty Emmer-Steffan
beautiful story
As a Swede and fellow SU student. I'm sorry. Maybe join FMSF?
Kitty Emmer-Steffan hope you move to a better place.
Jesus.Hugs from italy.
Kitty Emmer-Steffan Te inteles complet , succes !
Man this guy and this channel is like a brain smoothie. Unreal. I feel like I've learned and retained more vital stuff from Mr. Peterson than my whole undergrad lol
"you don't exist until you have your own words." That's...kinda deep
pikiwiki Reminds me of the central thesis of Till We Have Faces.
Rolf Hartmann yes! I was thinking the same. A lot of the ideas that Jordan presents draw close similarities to C.S. Lewis
Wow, this is the most motivational thing I've seen in a while.
The Dankest Jesus I agree
*ever (for my part)
Hi Mr. Peterson
Discovered you through your recent appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience. On that podcast - where you performance was brilliant, by the way - you mentioned that you are still very much learning to edit videos.
I admire that you are taking the time to work on this craft, and as a UA-camr myself (who started with no editing experience) I can relate to the journey you are on. So as a small way to express my gratitude for the work you are doing, here are a few techniques you can may consider for future videos. Hopefully at least one tip can prove useful for you:
1. Ken Burns Technique - subtlety adds a zoom in or zoom out to pictures, to make them slightly more engaging in a video form
2. End Cards - Leave 10 - 15 seconds as an outro at the end of your video. It can even be black screen if you like. This will allow you to add "End Cards". You can youtube search End Cards if you'd like to learn more, but the quick and dirty of it is this is youtube's built in way to provide a call to action for people who have watched a video to the end to either subscribe or watch another one of your videos.
3. Create sharable content. Consider taking 2 or 3 minute clips from your longer videos and post them independently, with the aim of creating short, powerful "highlights" that could share well across social media platforms. It's very rare for someone to share a 30 minute lecture with their friends, even if it moved them deeply. But a 2 minute video with a powerful message can spread like wildfire.
As I said, I hope this response has some use for you Mr. Peterson. All the best.
-Dan
The New Travel ... I finally found it... After all my struggles... After all my comment digging... A GODDAM CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM. *Cries a fleeting tear*. "It's beautiful".
This was so nice of you, The New Travel, to post this useful information and editing suggestions! Hopefully Dr. Peterson has seen your helpful points and has used them!
Great stuff! Nice!
im from Wilfrid Laurier University and what dr, Peterson doesn't understand is these are MY RIGHTS! and because he didn't understand that we had to remove a right of his to get ours, now it equals out because he is indeed an oppressor.
Wow ! First time someone has something truly constructive to say... you are a legend
I'm 53, I've learned everthing the hard way. If I had a chance to do it over again, I would follow Dr Paterson's rule, "Always tell the truth, and let whatever happens happens". I would have been unstoppable.
In case you're not a native English speaker:
Mote = sliver, speck of dust
Beam = post
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mote_and_the_Beam
The Modern Hermeticist thanks
The Modern Hermeticist -- as above, so below, brotha.
A beam is a horizontal structural member. A post is a vertical structural member. Not equivalent. In the past they were made from trees.
My favourite Jesus quote - and He did have some zingers.
“Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it
everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every
human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our
joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and
economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward,
every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant,
every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child,
inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt
politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and
sinner in the history of our species lived there-on *a mote of dust
suspended in a sunbeam*." - Carl Sagan, from : The Pale Blue Dot
From a millennial and former sjw, I can tell you that bit about speaking someone else's words as part of an ideology feeling wrong is so true. And take a step back to look around you and finding your own words feels so much better
Amen.
Jordan Peterson, you sir have given me hope again, both in my own life and for humanity. I'm 28 and have been searching for a meaning or purpose in life for a decade now. The past few years my life has descended into chaos, self indulgence and desperation but thanks to you I've cleaned my room. I'm focusing on staying honest in my local domain and working on humble beginnings, bargaining for a better future. Keep up the good work
Am the same age as you (from Norway) and i am doing exactly the same thing as you. Life is getting better man. Trying to quit lying to myself and others. Feels good. Feels right. I dont feel has fake anymore. Hope your doing good ADrone Bee.
Idk if i should quit lying right now or if i can wait for another 10 year maybe? I'm 19 and i love lying to people all the time, that's just what i do, without even any purpose
I was reading Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov" (thanks to Mr. Peterson) and ran across this statement, "The man who lies to himself can be more easily offended than any one. You know it is sometimes very pleasant to take offense, isn't it? A man may know that nobody has insulted him, but that he has invented the insult for himself, has lied and exaggerated to make it picturesque, has caught at a word and made a mountain out of a molehill -- he knows that himself, yet he will be the first to take offence, and will revel in his resentment till he feels great pleasure in it, and so pass to genuine vindictiveness." I find it fascinating that Dostoevsky more than 100 years ago had insight into the problems that would ail today's society.
Danny Carroll insightful. He saw the SJW's coming 100 years away.
The nature of man has not really changed for thousands upon thousands of years, for a hundred centuries. History repeats itself continually. It is no surprise that people of the past foresaw the evil of our time.
Hell, Marcus Aurelius had some insight into this almost 2,000 years ago:
"Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears".
@@robertfreeling687 that's like the "it's all in the head" basically. which is true.
Father Zossima the legend.
(I too am reading The Brothers Karamazov” per Dr. Peterson’s recommendation.)
Hi Professor, I'm a mid 20s millennial, a former UofT student. I've watched a few of your videos, and have been following you for a couple months. I can't begin to tell you how invaluable I find this program to be.
I've always wanted to change the world, to make it a better place, but I didn't want to get involved in politics while doing so. I'm currently trying to achieve that impact from a capitalistic standpoint.
I used to write (fiction but I enjoyed writing) as a kid, and had won competitions. However, somewhere in my life I lost that passion, and I want to get it back. I don't consider myself a left or right wing, I hate identity politics and political correctness.
(For SJWs: I'm a POC, first generation immigrant, cis-gender, straight, male)
For everyone else: I'm a human being willing to die for free speech, truth, and freedom. I want to be the best version of myself possible, in every sense. What you're doing and this video, is making a positive impact in my life. I'm not sure if you read these comments, but I just wanted to say thank you and keep up what you're doing.
Jordan B Peterson great advice, thank you Professor.
You are one of those psychologists who tell people what to do (and some of them will do it and they'll do it well.)
"Being torn down and re-built is no joke ... "
But ...
"there's nothing uglier than a stagnant, forty year old, infant"
Speaking as someone who _was_ that infant, I can only say Amen to all of this.
How old were you when you snapped out?
@@nathanielgirma8265 I didn't really "snap" out of it ... it was more of a crawl ! LOL
I was 34 when I woke up one morning, in 1986, in a hostel for homeless alcoholics, my few possessions in a black plastic bag beside the bed, and with no idea how I'd got there. My wife had recently divorced me, I'd lost my job, my home, friends, family, everything. It was then that I began to realize that I was not as OK as I kept saying I was ... and that I needed to make some serious changes, not just to my way of life, but to my whole way of thinking and to my whole way of Being.
It then took me ten long, agonizing, years to get free of the grip of alcohol ... I haven't touched a drop of the stuff since 1996 (at the age of 44) And now, at last, at the age of 68, I feel like the proper grown-up man I should have become 50 years ago. It took a long time to learn, but it was worth it, and I am thankful I was given the time to do it.
@@TommyApplecore Thank you for the story. I'm entering a similar journey now at 26, and although terrified, I know it's necessary. Definitely can relate to that crawling feeling ;).
@@nathanielgirma8265 Sounds like you are already wiser and braver than I was at your age ... which is a great start to any journey. Best wishes to you for a long and happy life !
This wonderful discussion brings to mind another classic statement by Bastiat, "Ah you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small. you who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
blueeyedbull67 Excellent
You are one of the best teachers I have ever encountered. I am so glad that you are sharing your knowledge globally. I am blessed to have found you.
Having grown up reading most of the authors on your reading list, I wonder if that might have something to do with why I feel as though your videos are a forgotten common sense. It seems unreal that you have to explain to people why it's bad to force people to speak a certain way, and why it's horrifying to put this into law...
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Hey I'm 16 and really want to read the book Peterson talks about I just read gulag can you please list the other books that Peterson recommends please it would really helo
Here you go, Troy. Straight off his website jordanbpeterson.com/category/reading-list/
@MrFreeGman Common sense has been slowly eroding away starting back as far as the 1960's. The assault on common sense and common morals has basically gone unchecked for decades due to the unending Leftist rhetoric being forced at the US population via K1-12 Public Schooling, Universities, News Media, Hollywood and Politicians. Unfiltered outlets for an conservative view have only recently become available. Fox News itself has only been around since 1996, and Online resources, like that of Blogging, Streaming etc. are newer phenomenon that have just recently taken off within the last 8-10 years and even then are facing HEAVY opposition by Online content managers like Google, UA-cam and Twitter with their over-zealous banning and/or demonetization practices! If left unchecked/unfettered, common sense will dominate within 2 generations, but will take a strong effort by that 1st generation to maintain Free Speech and Freedom of discussion in ALL areas of Education, Media and Online content.
The problem is that there are no safe spaces in Truth University.
It's only a problem for individuals who do not have the courage and inner integrity to stand behind there own convictions. It's own a problem for individuals who would prefer the psychoemotional safety of mindless groupthink.
Why is that a problem? Academia isn't about disrespect, or cruelty. Respect is for people, not ideas. If you have emotional attachments to bad ideas, truth is a very painful tonic. If you value truth, rather than ideas, then it is no loss to see bad ideas die.
It's a problem for them, because these ostriches would much rather bury their heads in the sand.
aint that a saad truth :^)
"Why is that a problem? Academia isn't about disrespect, or cruelty.
Respect is for people, not ideas. If you have emotional attachments to
bad ideas, truth is a very painful tonic. If you value truth, rather
than ideas, then it is no loss to see bad ideas die."
Bravo, that's worth a repost.
I got to 17 minutes into your video, and I started to tear up. You are absolutely right, I think. I have been lying for so long, to myself for so long, I think I had forgotten what it felt like to tell the truth. I have work to do now, that needs to be done, but I swear I'll be back to finish the rest of your video. You have earned a new subscriber, and I hope for your continued success.
What changed after 6+ years?
@@thegoldentree6913I have a job. I'm working on getting a house. Might have cancer, might not, hopefully it's nothing. Life hasn't been all sunshine and roses, but I'm crawling my way out of a pit. And I'm going to keep going.
@@Crimsaur Shit i didn't expect that 😶. My most obvious wish is that you don't have cancer. And other than that i wish you complete your life goals and get out of that pit.
@@thegoldentree6913Thanks friend. I'm doing my best.
Thank you Dr. Jordan B Peterson. I'm in in my third year of college as a humanities student. The public university I have has great history professors who are incredibly knowledgable in religious history and attempt to challenge all scopes of ideologies in a fair way. They remind me a lot of you and that is why i think I am learning so much from my college. I wish all professors were like you and them, and i feel like a whole new perspective has opened inside me and I'm only beginning to scratch the surface. Keep fighting the good fight--there are plenty of millennials who still want to be taught to think--not taught to listen, and you encourage the former.
The Knights Of Ren What university do you go to???
this lecture is like consuming wisdom via fire hose, I'll have to watch it twice
Thats a great analogy lol. I have watched some of Prof Petersons videos more than 20 times and each time I learn a little bit more.
seems like the code ChangeYourself has expired. can i have your account?
yea the code is expired. It doesnt work for me either
its 14.95
after it see it once more
You sir, are the definition of an educator. I appreciate everything you are.
I wish there were 1000 more of you to place in Universities across the world.
I keep coming here,
Every time I fall and I want to get back up.
I watch this to climb out of the pit that I’ve dug for myself
Is it me or a lot things he said echo so well with many biblical doctrines?
This video has such deep resonance within me. It also holds a very special significance and deep meaning, because I literally finished watching it at 12 am, and thus my birthday starts (Nov 9.) - this symbolizes a complete rebirth on which I feel to be embarking - what a great synchronicity - totally unplanned. I cannot express how grateful and motivated this message has left me. Thanks again, professor Peterson!
Thank you wholeheartedly professor! Your greeting means so much to me! I am filled with hope and courage for this new period in my life and the ensuing inner alchemy I am already feeling. You have been a very important part of that! Thank you! :)
Btw, I just received a copy of Beyond Good and Evil which I ordered from Indigo. So excited to plunge into its waters...and a book with a compilation of most of Emerson's writings. These will be my two philosophical pillars for now. Very enthusiastic I am! :)
Happy Birthday. :]
Thank you so much for your reading recommendations. I had read much of what you suggest (Huxley, Orwell), but after hearing you repeatedly suggest The Gulag Archipelago, I decided to lace up and dig in. Just a short way through Volume 1 and already my already open eyes have been opened so much further. I just wanted to reach out and tell you how much what you are doing is appreciated. Thank You
Jordan B Peterson wow! Thank you again. I do a live weekly show for ActivistPost.com and I will be reaching out to you via email about an interview. It would be an honor to share your insights with my audience if your schedule allows
+Jordan B Peterson I have a sister who is A: very into Russian classics, and B: Starting to sound like a Marxist. She's never read Solzhenitsyn, so my devious plan is to buy her a copy of The Gulag Archipelago for Christmas, and let the rest happen organically.
Read Orwell's collected essays and journalistic pieces. I find them even more enlightening than the novels. Even though he is writing about political situations in the 30s and 40s it's still relevant.
Dear Mr. Peterson, Please forgive any errors in punctuation, I'm far from the sharpest knife in the drawer. I just wanted to write to you to let you know that you have my eternal gratitude for teaching me so much. Coming from a family of six kids, a father that left forever when I was in diapers, & being the youngest. I stopped my formal education at the age of 15. Didn't care about anything except self pity, abandonment issues, & fighting authority of any kind. I first saw you in video facing SJW snowflakes on the legislation pending in Canadian government concerning ignorant pro nouns. I've tried to say thank you in comments sections. I fully intend to expand my self education by absorbing as much of your teachings as humanly possible. Your so amazing to me. thank you Sir. Thank you.
Brilliant. Thank you. I'll read it right after the American history book I'm reading now. Learning is life a.f.a.i.c.
I can't believe a rock star just wished me luck. Thank you so much. I have been monitoring my mail box in anticipation of the book you recommend in that debate at your university about C16. I don't want to butcher the title here but it's the one about the early 20th century in Russia
Sad sad girl.
Preston Jordan has a comprehensive list of reading to further your self education jordanbpeterson.com/reading-list/great-books/
Stop saying things that make you weak. Embrace being the bluntest spoon in the drawer
“Everyone wants to change the world but no one talks about how to change themselves first,” (Leo Tolstoy). I have dedicated my twenties to surrounding myself with the best literature, movies, tv series, that speak to my soul and make me strive and realize both the good and evil within life. I hope to become a good and just man in the end and before I want change in the world I must first be the change I want to see.
Yes! Mr.peterson you are a Canadian hero for sticking with our Canadian values and reminding people we have free speech when our government starts writing what we can and cannot say in law it gets scary. ill take you up on whatever offer you have. I would love to work with you and like minded people. Thumbs up if you agree with me.
TY Dr.! I am a 56 y/o with college degrees; These were in the STEM fields with minimal humanities courses and fortunately these "pre-reqs" were completed by 1980 before postmodernism took root. I have attempted to continued to self-educate myself in philosophy,civics, western civ, etc. Your existence on this planet has now made this process even easier and quite enjoyable! You speak of the importance of having meaning in your life...you practice what you preach with fervor!!!
When I first watched this video 3 years ago, I was broke, failing at work and addicted to video games. This self-authoring program changed my life. Now 3 years later I am about to start my dream job as a pilot. Thank you Dr. Peterson, your words changed my life.
As a 23 year old guy, I have to say Mr. Peterson, that you are one of the most intelligent people I've stumbled across and would like to thank you for your work and for giving us access to your lectures. They're very informative and are refreshing to hear someone in your position not be bound to the PC culture. Keep up the great work sir.
They say if you come early enough Jordan Peterson will read your comment and do nothing.
His silence towards us is a good thing. It means he's off fighting SJWs.
IN more sedate times he used to answer everything here in UA-cam and emails
He doesn't know your preferred pronouns.
he/him/asshole
those are my preferred pronouns
Steve Regal Triggered?
The state of being that you have described here was called "amusement" by the Greeks, interesting that you noted the role of "music" in attaining it, as they both come from the same root. This is the state where conscious thinking turns off, and the individual begins to act automatically, and the products of this state of mind manifest themselves perfectly.
Amusement is the state that great artists operate in, and what makes their works to transcendent and moving.
It's why musicals have dance numbers. Its a social commentary. Lol.
I'm born in 1994 (on the edge of the millenials and generation Z.) I believe you're one of the most well spoken and well informed people I've ever had the pleasure to hear speak. We have the gift of technology and it grants us the ability to hear the words straight from his mouth, I find that amazing. You have the perspective of someone who's been alive for far longer than you've been and yet it's still a fresh opinion... Amazingly talented speaker!!! I'll be ordering some of your books. I'm pissed it took me this long to find you outside of the occasional video mentioned on 4chan.
you're doing pepes work 🐸👌
It took me a lot of good therapy, introspection and HARD WORK to "retool my soul" and yes it is a constant work in progress. Being responsible for your own actions and letting go of victim mentality is one of the most freeing things you can do for yourself. Keep speaking your truth it is sorely needed right now! Currently there are way too many puppets bouncing around! I just found this video and I think it is huge in so many ways!!
Thank you Jordan Peterson, tremendous work for all of us.
Maps of Meaning as downloadable PDF! Sweet Jesus i'm in heaven!
Where?
It's in the description: jordanbpeterson.com/2016/11/maps-of-meaning-intro/
the PDF is on the right
Mahreen Ferdous On his web site
"You don't actually exist until you have your own words..." #15:20
yeah pretty retarded statement i agree
Not being able to speak your own words is not being ,it's the same thing.
This was just so beautiful, I don't know how else to explain. Jordan Peterson has restored my faith in many things. I am eternally grateful for him freely sharing his wisdom
I'm not a millennial, and this advice is still usef.. WAIT JUST A SECOND, STOP IMPROVING MY LIFE!
That is very generous of you, giving the program for free. We can all be grateful that you, and others like you, show this genuine passion to try make this world a better place for all of us in trying to stop the insanity going on around us nowadays. Thank you.
Dr. Peterson, thank you for your lectures and educational talks. Your suggestions are invaluable and meaningful. God bless you and yours!
Just found your info this morning. I am 43, and find your honesty refreshing. I just want to say thank you and will be following you and listening to your lectures.
this man is a hero
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself -Leo Tolstoy
Started following your lectures very recently from 🇪🇹 Africa. Every time I finish each one of your lectures and interviews , I'm inspired beyond words. Thank you for all you are and everything you do!🙏
Thank you for all of your hard work Jordan! I'm 29, a new dad and awakening to my true nature to be a strong, useful and functional human being and ive put all of my heart into this. Im about half way through your material youve posted and will continue to watch it all. You are truly inspiring, I'm sure you've heard it all, but I am sincerely greatful for your presence in the world, thank you!!
How's the dad life going
More people need to hear this.
But I feel like we're in an echo chamber.
Timely vid for us Americans.
agiftedrighter.com hey bro . no chance . I've been shouting from the rooftop about Jordan.
Chris Lumsden I think we should go back on that rooftop and start shouting.
Something tells me the message is going to travel a lot farther from now on.
👍🏿🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Accolades and offers to help in whatever way are coming in from all over the world. This is far from an echo chamber phenomena. It's gotten so big, so quick that not even Canada, which is Yuge, can contain it.
mycattitude lol I see what you did there....
Holy shit... I never thought that Pinocchio... Could have been used to represent SJWs ideology....
gabriel montreuil in another sense too, some want to be a real boy lol
Darrin Smith
LMAO!
gabriel montreuil turns ya straight into a jackass! *jimminy cricket voice*
gabriel montreuil true... but its not exclusive to sjws either.
Dubsy glad someone said it ;) Don't thin your better than them. They are human and so are you. We could all be those monsters and think we are doing the right thing
Finally. Something on UA-cam worth listening to. :). I'm going to replay this over and over until I "get it". Thank you, Dr. Peterson.
Ten minutes of this video is equal or more than whatever I got useful from my dad in 25 years. In a way professor, listening you gives me a paternal warm feeling as if I was having a conversation with my dad. Thanks
What I find continually amazing, is how much Peterson makes available all of the information that his conclusions are premised on for the sake of this lecture. Not only does he present us a free lecture, he makes available his own works in the form of his book, in free format, in the hopes that you might investigate of your own volition. This man really is a hero. He speaks to the idea that even if you don't agree with him, you ought to be best equipped to make your own case regardless. He seeks to strengthen the quality of his opposition, so that he himself can improve as well. There is an intellectual and benevolent strain to his thinking, and in the coming days and weeks I will be sharing this video with as many people as I can.
Thank you so much for this video Professor, and for everything you have done in the defense of free speech, and the truth.
I'm so grateful for what you do. God bless you Jordan.
Absolutely amazing and still relevant in 2023! Jordaon Peterson, you ability to conceptualised and articulate such topics is truly commendable. I am grateful for your work, it has changed my life for the better.
I'm 16, I'm so glad to see the situation of this video, the fact that Peterson has the attention of half a million viewers seems to be a good sign, your content is quite fascinating and it's important that it's heard by more people of our world, the truth shall be an unstoppable force to guide us all. Thank you for doing what you do.
A cut diamond is worth much more than a raw diamond even if the raw diamond is of a purer quality. (This assumes that the diamonds are about the same size.) This means that the labor which went into cutting the diamond gave it much of its worth.
we are behind you brother jordan . stay strong.
i'm unbelievably happy to have run into these videos. thank you so much!
i can assure you Mr Peterson you have more support than you think i cannot imagine the heavy depth of anxiety that comes along in your position i admire that you are standing strong and still teaching . much love much support !
As a follow-up. People want there to be monsters in the world. They want to be the good and to slay evil. However, when reality shows us that monsters don't exist we make them up. They define some group as the "other" and attack it. They don't realize they're attacking their own brothers and sisters. Ironically they become the evil they seek to rid the world of.
100% correct,sir! Who says you're unlucky?
Unlucky Fat Guy There is no shortage of monsters in the world.
The problem is that they're never obvious about it, not until they are dragged out of the shadows and into the light. Or, if they hide in plain sight, have their masks ripped off so their true face is exposed.
I think what the video is saying is that there is a budding monster inside each of us. To truly change the world for the better, we have to face the monster inside and orient it to the service of good.
PlokJeDS: 100% agree. However, you first have to define what "better" is. All events just "are". They are not inherently "good" or "bad". You give them that meaning.
If you look deep inside yourself you'll probably find that all your anger, all your fear is based on old hurts or old ideas you may not even be consciously aware of. Most likely you'll discover that they are just a mask that tries to protect the real you; the part of you that wants to just love and be loved. It takes work but it is possible to transcend fear, anger and frustration and just become a manifestation of that love.
For me meditation has helped tremendously. I wouldn't say I am a master of my emotions, but I have grown and am growing.
I wish the same for everyone. including you my friend. 😊
WarforIsrael What's with the name?
Your lectures are like a symphony to my ears.
So many lessons you teach, I learned already through pain and suffering. Suffering helped me put my life into perspective. Challenge made me stronger, and I have grown. Now I know who I am, what I do, and the direction of my life. My sense of integrity and backbone live in harmony.
Your lessons polished the wisdom I gained last summer.
Thank you!
Our generation clearly needs some sort of a direction - we need to find meaning in life and in suffering. Your words clear paths, Sir. Thank you for your wisdom, Dr. Jordan Peterson. My perspective in life gradually changed after I found and listened to your lectures. I'm a 23 year old little lady from the Philippines, an artist. May you continue to touch many more lives! God bless you!
such a legend . can't stop watching . keep it up Dr J !
I think this guy is brilliant, and accurate, when he talks about the need for personal development and having a real, solid basis for what you do/say/believe in life. His talks about Dostoevsky, Nietzsche and Jung are some of the best lectures I've ever see on any topic on UA-cam. I like the way he makes the "academic" philosophies of these writers relevant to daily life.
Simply amazing! Thank you so much, Jordan, for all the food for thought you give all your followers, and all the amazing content. You are a true educator and you fight for what matters! Best Regards from Bulgaria!
Thanks so much for putting great content up like this for us to learn from Professor. We are very thankful to have great mentors in our society like yourself. Thanks for being the TRUTHFUL you.
I fucking love this guy.
Professor Peterson has locked into the perfect time for this fight. We've had Brexit, Milo laughing at the insanity of campuses in the US, we've just had the Trump win. Professor Peterson could easily become the face and voice of the backlash against all this idiocy.
There is a rising groundswell of people that have simply had enough.
We'll happily take them if they don't desire to live under the most aggressively anti-science administration in the history of the United States.
Indeed, why should anyone be concerned about legislation that makes things illegal being implemented, if people aren't being thrown in jail for this now!
It's not like once legislation passes, THEN they would start throwing people in jail for breaking that legislation.
It's a good thing we have people like you here, John G., if that is your real name, to straighten everyone out on who is an idiot, and who is a chicken little.
Getting all upset about people making things illegal! The nerve of this guy! Does he think they will ever enforce the law? Obviously, they won't, it is just to not hurt people's feelings.
What? Do you want to hurt peoples feelings? Because not having laws that put people in jail for hurting people's feelings is how you hurt people's feelings...
When a law exists, it can be enforced anytime. Creating laws that tell people what they must say is totalitarian. Also, facts do no care about people's feelings. People are better off by taking responsibility over their own lives and to what happens to them. The mindset of a victim is the most disempowering factor for any human being.
You don't seem to know what you're talking about. You argument is foolish when it comes to exemplifying hypothetical situations of discrimination. There are hundreds if not thousands of ways to offend somebody; it all depends on what, where, when, how, and to whom you say it. People with symptoms of gender dysphoria (which represent around 1% of the population) should not be given special pronouns.
Are you sure we shouldnt throw people in jail because other people say they should be? There will be many tears on pillows if people cant be thrown in jail for hurting feelings!
Dr. Peterson, I'm glad to have discovered your videos. You present the truth to the best of your understanding, unflinchingly honest, and it is very inspiring.
Jordan you are a damn gift to the world and I hope you are never taken for granted. Love your videos and especially this one!
My favorite part is at 8:07 : "You have to learn how to strengthen yourself as an individual so that you can bear the burden of being without becoming corrupt. You have to decide that that is what you are aiming for - is that you want to become a fully developed human being and stop being a pathetic marionette whose strings are being pulled by horrible forces behind the scenes."
Thank you for this. I'm a devout Jungian and your sentiments are poetry to me. I'd love to join your cause directly. Your video with Roaming Millennial, from 38.00min onward, encompasses my journey to date. Connecting to inner truth and acting from there... letting the chips fall where they may. I found myself under the lies I told to myself and others.
"Evil is suffering, at a place where suffering is not necessary" -JBP
Honestly your videos and presence online has really challenged a lot of my views. Please keep up the good work and never back down!
Millennial here, thank you.
Why am I learning tools to build myself from a random psychologist online? When you go to see a counselor or therapist in real life, all you get is "go out more" and "make friends". Also they like to talk endlessly about your problems in an attempt to make you contemplate about your situation in order for you to take steps to better yourself, all without offering beneficial information like Jordan gives here.
The Fuck?
I agree. I went to a therapist once and all I got out of it were new coping mechanisms, not answers to my issues, or even insight as to why I felt the way I did.
Cosmic Soul "most of all he doea not rely on you coming back all the time."
lol too true
Because writing is a form of thinking. Articulating it will be extremely helpful. There is a actually pretty good proved outcomes to making that authoring suite.
Pierina Camarena Yea I'll check it out.
are you sure your psychologist was a psychologist?
what I'm going to say is only applicable in the netherlands but it might be related to your situation.
Mental health is often aimed at making sure people function in society. Because actual (university-level) psychologists with a real education and the required amount of life experience to help people are quite rare and expensive care providers use them as a last-resort. Often you start with someone who has a lesser degree. In the netherlands that would be a social-psychologic care provider* (spv'er) which required a lower level degree**. While university-educated psychologists dive into theory these educations focus on to how to apply techniques to help people. This does however mean that most of the things you learn are tricks. After all, as long as you don't cause to much trouble society doesn't have to care about you.
*sociaal psychologisch hulpverlener. I can't guarantee my translation is accurate.
**a degree from a "hogeschool" which is literally translated to highschool but in fact is the second highest level of tertiary education. It could be probably be compared to community college or a mediocre university being easier than a high-level university but more advanced than vocational schooling.
You're such an inspirational person, it's amazing. Thanks for all the positivity, and for all the great work. Your analysis on Pinocchio is life-changing.
Thank you so much for taking time for this video and sharing it with us. Love from India
This is truly amazing. Love from an 18 year old student from México.
Mr. Peterson, I would like to thank you for all of the content you are producing. It's exciting to feel like I have new tools to change my life and become a force of good in the world. I've decided to buy the Self Authoring program for myself and my Father for Fathers Day. I've also started contributing to your Patreon. I hope to start my own ripple effect for The Good and rise above my own nature.
Pulled the trigger and pledged at your Patreon space. I really appreciate your message and respect your work. Please keep up the good work!
Thanks for fighting the good fight Dr. Peterson! Cheering for you from Texas!
As a millennial, I love this guy and I'm very grateful for people like him. I have much respect for him and stand behind him.
An Ode to Dr. Peterson - I've listened to hundreds of hours of your lectures and interviews, I've started reading the Bible and other great works of literature, have quit drinking and finally mustered up the courage to clean my freaking room. I started cutting back on junk food and restarted my membership to the YMCA. I even clipped my fingernails and watered my house plants. Now I will dare put a finger out into the world without trying to screw things up too badly, like a chimpanzee with a wrench on a military helicopter. I will take my dominance cues from the lobster and stand erect. I will no longer be a pathetic, frightened rabbit, but shall embody the heroic archetype and rise like a phoenix while rescuing my father from the depths of the ocean and slaying the dragon of chaos. I shall see the horrors and beauties of existence and speak truth into being like Mardok and bear my crucifix of responsibility like Christ. First, I'm going to take a little nap.
Godspeed, Good Doctor!
You will probably never see this comment, but ever since I first saw what happened at the University of Toronto, you have sparked a passion for me that I didn't know I had, you're an inspiration and a hero.
Hats off to you sir.
This is an incredibly good video, very strong stuff. I will probably have to rewatch parts of this to really absorb it.
Just watched the podcast with you and Joe Rogan, loved it. You opened my eyes up to a whole different way of thinking and made me very interested in trying out the future authoring. I've used the code and I will be starting it on my next day off when I have the time to do it. I've dealt with horrible anxiety and depression over the last 5 years and I'm just now changing that by changing the way I view things and I think this could not just help me with those issues but in bettering myself in general and pointing me in the direction I'd like to be. Great stuff your doing and I've definitely subscribed for more. Will also be looking into purchasing the books you have recommended. Hopefully we will be seeing you on the Joe Rogan Experience again. From a proud Canadian to another, I thank you.
5:35 the first tune that plays in my head:
I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change
lmao I thought of using those lyrics as part of my argument.
to bad they will focus on the assumption of gender
durk da guck duck- doncha!
MJ has a song for SJWs too: "Leave Me Alone"
Amen brother. Keep up the good work. I understand the battle you are going through. We have your back.
Keep enlightening people, professor. Thank you for your courage.
I'm only halfway through, but so far, the most important point is to be humble enough to realise that you might not have the truth or that you might not know what is best for you. It's definitively something that I live by and I have realised many new things because of it.
SmultronsyltNatha I know that I am wise, because I know that I know nothing.
and because you acknowledge your own ignorance, you're better than most - Socrates brotha.
SmultronsyltNatha
I've been saying for years for that I suspect it's the most ignorant among us that think themselves wise, while the wisest among us think themselves ignorant, which really confuses you when you start to ponder where you are on that scale compared to others.
Turns out it's been said before a few times.
"The problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts."
- Bertrand Russell
It was even alluded to Abrahamic scripture.
"Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools."
- Romans 1:22
There's also some scientific research on the subject that explains it nicely, called the Dunning Kruger experiment.
"...that ever-gnawing inner doubt as to whether you're right.' If you don't have that, if you think you've got an inside track to absolute truth, you become doctrinaire, humorless and intellectually constipated. The greatest crimes in history have been perpetrated by such religious and political and racial fanatics, from the persecutions of the Inquisition on down to Communist purges and Nazi genocide”- Saul D. Alinsky
SmultronsyltNatha very i think about that to
I know you probably won't be able to respond but I just watched Joe Rogan's podcast with you. I was surprised to hear you articulate some things that I thought no one else had imagined and you filled in a lot of blanks that I had. I just wanted to say thank you.
You are a true inspiration Mr Peterson. Thanks for everything you do. Your message is very necessary.
I bought the full suite as a gift! I believe it will be the greatest thing I could give a person in need. This is the best stuff I've heard in my life.