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Postmodernism, weak men, gender equality, the pathological left, the Cathy Newman interview and a few questions from Ricochet members — Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, a clinical psychologist, and professor at the University of Toronto joins us at Whiskey Politics to discuss his new book 12 Rules For Life, An Antidote to Chaos which is currently bumping up against the number one Amazon bestseller, so let’s put him over the top – it IS a great book. Recommended mentioned lecture: Identity politics and the Marxist Lie of White Privilege.
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Well hell. That was unexpected! I feel (almost) famous.
Thanks Dave – great interview. If I get the chance tonight I’ll let him know my sister did get that raise!
Ha! Enjoy his lecture. Wish I could make it down and see it.
Thank you, Dave. I hope that you can continue your conversation with Jordan Peterson before too long.
I confess, I hadn’t heard of Jordan Peterson until the organizer of the March 17 event, Saving California mentioned him, but oh my gosh, am I glad you interviewed him, Dave. The fact that young people flock to him, hungering for truth, and that they recognize it, is almost fantastic in its implications. I have to figure out how to leave his videos around for my kids to find by accident…
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Is it just me, or did you catch him at diner time?
Great interview. It was such a great point, that work does not speak for itself, and that you must be an advocate for your work. Its a point that seems deep until you realize its not. People take each other for granted, in our most intimate of relationships, why would work be any better?
I think the real problem with unequal pay is envy. I make my deal with my employer that I get paid $X/hr of work. 4 shifts of 10.5 hours, switching between mornings, nights and evenings every 2 weeks. What my co-worker’s deal is, is none of my business, its between them. I think that different people bring different value equations to the workplace, and being compensated differently for these differences allows employment to flourish.
Was that Paul Desmond at the beginning?
Thanks. Agreed. We have to be our own advocates. He refers to every part of our lives, yes including our relationships. If we don’t stand up for what we want, who will? A little more backbone can solve a lot of our problems.
Joel Goodman, Dirty Weekend.
I haven’t read JP’s new book yet. But I understand it’s one of the “lessons” – treat yourself like someone you care about. And of course that includes being your own advocate
I have never seen someone command a room the way JP did last night. I was unprepared, even after seeing so many hours of his lectures and interviews. Two + hours of uninterrupted (except for applause) talking. He connects so easily you can’t describe it as a lecture. No notes and the occasional head tilt as you see him thinking and working something out
If I took pics of the crowd you wouldn’t be able to guess what the event was. And everyone was very happy to be there and standing up straight.
I would have taken every one of my kids had they been available – hopefully there will be future opportunities.
If you have the chance to see JP, don’t miss it. He is so hopeful about the future if only everyone can get “their act together” – and that starts with establishing order in your own life.
Ps – a ticket scalper could have cleaned up last night. There were a dozen plus young men wandering the crowd outside desperate for a ticket.
Dave, thanks so much for that superb, superb introduction. It seems you recorded that separately and that Prof. Peterson didn’t hear it before you started and that is very appropriate.
I love everything you said in that introduction: I thought I understood him pretty well but your summary was really spot on and excellent. He IS an exceptional asset that the world has now become aware of and I’m so grateful to him for his highly developed moral compass and intellectual firepower. We need him now more than ever.
Sorry to be so insistent on this (I brought it up in your request for questions) but I hope that more of you can watch the truly excellent interview that the professor has with the other genius in the room: Camille Paglia. So, just to entice a few more people into taking the time to watch this incredible interview, here it is again:
Try and stay past the first 20 minutes or so — it’s really well worth it and you will learn a lot about what has been going on in the western intellectual circles over the last 50 years or so. Camille Paglia is a national treasure and Prof. Peterson is now aware of her, as a source of insight and testimony — she was there at the beginning of the progressive takeover of our cultural high ground. She has incredible powers of rationality and clarity on all of the issue of the day, but especially in academia where the deep illness of our society is kept alive in a petri dish and it prospers even against the sensibilities of our society. She knows very well, chapter and verse, where the bodies are buried and Jordan Peterson is combining his great brain with hers in a gestalt of reason and persuasion against the Marxists enemies in our western societies.
Thank you Larry! Much appreciated and agreed.
This is a must listen. Very informative
I missed this in the change over to being a mainline podcast. And there was my question, and a fairly substantial answer. Thanks, Dave.