He seems to really lean into trusting our systems, be they government, corporate, or academic. I can see why, given the stupendously high standard of living we enjoy.
However, I think he's too trusting. His philosophy is to tell the truth; that's great for you but if you assume that everyone else is at least trying to do the same, you're going to go for a bad ride. And what we're seeing is clearly not the simple matter of high level experts doing their best but falling short; at this point there is clear deception happening.
I think people of his age have a particularly hard time with this as well. They grew up with the idea of the government protecting them from powerful foreign enemies (which it did, more or less) and so they give it a pass when they maybe shouldn't.
People growing up after the fall of the Berlin Wall have seen nothing but our governments trying to invent bogeymen to justify the greedy, heartless, unscrupulous crap that they have always gotten away with. For us, it's obvious that they're lying and it's all gone too far.
I like JBP generally; he's got lots of good ideas, he's a captivating story teller and he's got courage. But he's not a god that we should follow blindly, no one person is.
Rather than attack people for not living up to what we thought they should be, we should practice forgiveness, especially when he's clearly and without qualification admitting his error.
I'm still wrestling with this topic because I gained a lot from Peterson years ago, but have had some issues with him over the past year. So I see why people love him, and I see why some worry he's controlled opposition (he's probably not going to go deep into Solzhenitsyn "200 years" That's ok because I will, and don't think we even need any famous people to share the information for us).
It's reminded me not to blindly follow anyone as you say. But also not completely deserting someone because they say something I disagree with either.
Peterson in a way was a stepping stone for many who didn't have a strong father figure. Now that we have cleaned our damn rooms it's time we become men ourselves.
He seems to really lean into trusting our systems, be they government, corporate, or academic. I can see why, given the stupendously high standard of living we enjoy.
However, I think he's too trusting. His philosophy is to tell the truth; that's great for you but if you assume that everyone else is at least trying to do the same, you're going to go for a bad ride. And what we're seeing is clearly not the simple matter of high level experts doing their best but falling short; at this point there is clear deception happening.
I think people of his age have a particularly hard time with this as well. They grew up with the idea of the government protecting them from powerful foreign enemies (which it did, more or less) and so they give it a pass when they maybe shouldn't.
People growing up after the fall of the Berlin Wall have seen nothing but our governments trying to invent bogeymen to justify the greedy, heartless, unscrupulous crap that they have always gotten away with. For us, it's obvious that they're lying and it's all gone too far.
I like JBP generally; he's got lots of good ideas, he's a captivating story teller and he's got courage. But he's not a god that we should follow blindly, no one person is.
Rather than attack people for not living up to what we thought they should be, we should practice forgiveness, especially when he's clearly and without qualification admitting his error.
I'm still wrestling with this topic because I gained a lot from Peterson years ago, but have had some issues with him over the past year. So I see why people love him, and I see why some worry he's controlled opposition (he's probably not going to go deep into Solzhenitsyn "200 years" That's ok because I will, and don't think we even need any famous people to share the information for us).
It's reminded me not to blindly follow anyone as you say. But also not completely deserting someone because they say something I disagree with either.
Peterson in a way was a stepping stone for many who didn't have a strong father figure. Now that we have cleaned our damn rooms it's time we become men ourselves.
Nah, fuck him. He's made this exact error numerous times already. See my comment to Nihilist Caregiver in this thread.