Jordan Peterson

This is the 2nd version of this uploaded. The 1st ran into temporary copyright confusion, so I recut it, with different intro music, but had to cut a bit of the intro. This is the full original. A conversation between Dr. Jordan Peterson and Sir Roger Scruton, moderated by Dr. Stephen Blackwood, introduced by Professor Douglas Hedley, presented by The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism and Ralston College, held on Nov 2, 2018 in Cambridge, England. God willing (so to speak) I will be staying in Cambridge in October and November talking with the faculty at the Divinity School there about the book of Exodus prior to releasing a new series of videos about that biblical saga. Relevant Links: Sir Roger Scruton Books: https://www.roger-scruton.com/books Professor Douglas Hedley (who looks every bit the part he is playing): https://www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/directory/douglas-hedley Dr. Stephen Blackwood and Ralston College: https://www.ralston.ac/ Additional relevant links: My last book: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life/ 12 Rules for Life Tour: Dates, Cities and Venues: https://jordanbpeterson.com/events/ My first book: Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning/ Dr Jordan B Peterson Website: http://jordanbpeterson.com/ Self Authoring Suite: http://selfauthoring.com/ Understand Myself personality test: http://understandmyself.com/ Blog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blog/ Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/jordan-b-peterson-podcast/ Reading List: https://jordanbpeterson.com/2017/10/great-books/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanbpeterson Additional relevant links: My new book: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life/ 12 Rules for Life Tour: Dates, Cities and Venues: https://jordanbpeterson.com/events/ My first book: Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning/ Dr Jordan B Peterson Website: http://jordanbpeterson.com/ Self Authoring Suite: http://selfauthoring.com/ Understand Myself personality test: http://understandmyself.com/ Blog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blog/ Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/jordan-b-peterson-podcast/ Reading List: https://jordanbpeterson.com/2017/10/great-books/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanbpeterson

A conversation between Dr. Jordan Peterson and Sir Roger Scruton, moderated by Dr. Stephen Blackwood, introduced by Professor Douglas Hedley, presented by The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism and Ralston College, held on Nov 2, 2018 in Cambridge, England. God willing (so to speak) I will be staying in Cambridge in October and November talking with the faculty at the Divinity School there about the book of Exodus prior to releasing a new series of videos about that biblical saga. Relevant Links: Sir Roger Scruton Books: https://www.roger-scruton.com/books Professor Douglas Hedley (who looks every bit the part he is playing): https://www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/directory/douglas-hedley Dr. Stephen Blackwood and Ralston College: https://www.ralston.ac/ Additional relevant links: My last book: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life/ 12 Rules for Life Tour: Dates, Cities and Venues: https://jordanbpeterson.com/events/ My first book: Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning/ Dr Jordan B Peterson Website: http://jordanbpeterson.com/ Self Authoring Suite: http://selfauthoring.com/ Understand Myself personality test: http://understandmyself.com/ Blog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blog/ Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/jordan-b-peterson-podcast/ Reading List: https://jordanbpeterson.com/2017/10/great-books/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanbpeterson Additional relevant links: My new book: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life/ 12 Rules for Life Tour: Dates, Cities and Venues: https://jordanbpeterson.com/events/ My first book: Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning/ Dr Jordan B Peterson Website: http://jordanbpeterson.com/ Self Authoring Suite: http://selfauthoring.com/ Understand Myself personality test: http://understandmyself.com/ Blog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blog/ Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/jordan-b-peterson-podcast/ Reading List: https://jordanbpeterson.com/2017/10/great-books/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanbpeterson

Tickets (https://bit.ly/2oldTM2): UK 12 Rules Tour: Oct: Manchester (25th), Oxford (26th), Glasgow (27th), Edinburgh (28th); Nov; Cambridge (1st), Edinburgh (7th). I will use the lectures to extend and develop key concepts from my books 12 Rules for Life (https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life/) and Maps of Meaning (https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning/) I am also speaking over the next month in Dublin, Oslo, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen and again in Oslo, Stockholm and Helsinki (www.jordanbpeterson.com/events). Additional relevant links: Website: http://jordanbpeterson.com/ Self Authoring Suite: http://selfauthoring.com/ Understand Myself personality test: http://understandmyself.com/ Blog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blog/ Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/jordan-b-peterson-podcast/ Reading List: https://jordanbpeterson.com/2017/10/great-books/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanbpeterson

Back in Toronto until tonight. Dublin tomorrow. European tour: https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/events Thank you all for joining me tonight, and for all the past and present support. 20% Discount code for https://www.selfauthoring.com: October 20% Discount code for https://www.understandmyself: October Selfauthoring is a set of four online writing programs, designed to help people catch up with their past, understand their present personality and situation, and envision and plan a better future. Understandmyself is a reliable, valid, modern personality test. Preorder The Gulag Archipelago: 50th Anniversary: https://bit.ly/2OxhiGW Additional relevant links: My new book: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life/ 12 Rules for Life Tour: Dates, Cities and Venues: https://jordanbpeterson.com/events/ My first book: Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning/ Dr Jordan B Peterson Website: http://jordanbpeterson.com/ Self Authoring Suite: http://selfauthoring.com/ Understand Myself personality test: http://understandmyself.com/ Blog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blog/ Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/jordan-b-peterson-podcast/ Reading List: https://jordanbpeterson.com/2017/10/great-books/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanbpeterson

October's Q and A will be posted tomorrow, Friday October 18. Then I'm off to Europe with Tammy, my wife, and Dave Rubin until mid-November to to continue the 12 Rules for Life Tour. Tickets are still available for the UK venues: www.jordanbpeterson/events Lewis Howes (www.lewishowes.com) interviewed me in July 2018. He put up the discussion in two parts (Part 1: https://bit.ly/2BNk0SN; Part 2: https://bit.ly/2yI0QbW). People seem pleased with the discussion. I talked to Lewis and we decided that reposting it here might bring it to the attention of more people. The episodes here have been combined into one post. Additional relevant links: My new book: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life/ 12 Rules for Life Tour: Dates, Cities and Venues: https://jordanbpeterson.com/events/ My first book: Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning/ Dr Jordan B Peterson Website: http://jordanbpeterson.com/ Self Authoring Suite: http://selfauthoring.com/ Understand Myself personality test: http://understandmyself.com/ Blog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blog/ Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/jordan-b-peterson-podcast/ Reading List: https://jordanbpeterson.com/2017/10/great-books/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanbpeterson

I wanted to specifically highlight a few cities and venues where I will be speaking about 12 Rules for Life (https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life/) from now until Oct 11. All venues listed at https://jordanbpeterson.com/events/ St Louis: https://bit.ly/2IyoMDu Salt Lake City: https://bit.ly/2DLgitN Colorado Springs: https://bit.ly/2Oqbuht There may be a few tickets left for these lectures, as well: Des Moines, Oct 2: https://bit.ly/2OtN4nj Kansas City, Oct 4: https://bit.ly/2QmNGZ8 Denver, Oct 7: https://bit.ly/2N241li San Antonio, Oct 10: https://bit.ly/2txfHEr Irving, Oct 11: https://bit.ly/2OtNA4J These events have been a great pleasure. It is remarkable to see so many people trying to sort themselves out. Additional relevant links: My first book: Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning/ Dr Jordan B Peterson Website: http://jordanbpeterson.com/ Self Authoring Suite: http://selfauthoring.com/ Understand Myself personality test: http://understandmyself.com/ Blog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blog/ Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/jordan-b-peterson-podcast/ Reading List: https://jordanbpeterson.com/2017/10/great-books/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanbpeterson

This three minute video was derived by Lewis Howes' team from a discussion we had in July of 2018. What can you do for your children in the face of the suffering and malevolence that characterizes life? Encourage their strength and resilience. That's their only reliable protection. Full Interview: Part one here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V52RLZFGHUM Part two here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRy1ZsLe9x0 Show notes here: https://lewishowes.com/podcast/jordan-peterson-on-responsibility-and-meaning/ see www. lewishowes. com Additional relevant links: My new book: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life/ 12 Rules for Life Tour: Dates, Cities and Venues: https://jordanbpeterson.com/events/ My first book: Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning/ Dr Jordan B Peterson Website: http://jordanbpeterson.com/ Self Authoring Suite: http://selfauthoring.com/ Understand Myself personality test: http://understandmyself.com/ Blog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blog/ Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/jordan-b-peterson-podcast/ Reading List: https://jordanbpeterson.com/2017/10/great-books/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanbpeterson

Tickets available at www.jordanbpeterson.com/events This announcement is valid from Sept 18 through Dec 31 2018, listing the cities and dates for my 12 Rules for Life Tour. I have already visited 70 cities, most with The Rubin Report's Dave Rubin. Additional relevant links: My new book: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life/ 12 Rules for Life Tour: Dates, Cities and Venues: https://jordanbpeterson.com/events/ My first book: Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning/ Dr Jordan B Peterson Website: http://jordanbpeterson.com/ Self Authoring Suite: http://selfauthoring.com/ Understand Myself personality test: http://understandmyself.com/ Blog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blog/ Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/jordan-b-peterson-podcast/ Reading List: https://jordanbpeterson.com/2017/10/great-books/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanbpeterson

Harris/Weinstein/Peterson: Discussion 02: Vancouver This is the second video of the four-part debate that Sam Harris and I undertook in June 2018. Sam and I met twice in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with Bret Weinstein moderating, for a third time in Dublin, Ireland, and for a fourth and final time in London, England. Douglas Murray joined the debate with us for the latter two occasions. Video 1: Vancouver: https://bit.ly/2OlRZUa Video 2: Vancouver: https://bit.ly/2CUQT0g Video 3: https://bit.ly/2CUa0HG Video 4: https://bit.ly/2On6Y0a Sam is a well-known Enlightenment rationalist, and a prominent atheist – one of the “four horsemen,” along with Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens (now unfortunately deceased) and Daniel Dennett. He believes (1) that our ethical systems should or even must be grounded in something other than arbitrary revelation or opinion; (2) that the world of facts can and should provide that grounding; and (3) that the grounding of values in fact can occur in the absence of much perceptual or cognitive intermediation. I agree with him with regard to point (1) but not point (2) and (3). I won’t present any of my argument here, however, because Sam isn’t here to respond, as he is in the videos. I have also written three blog posts on the Harris/Peterson discussions, here: 1. https://jordanbpeterson.com/philosophy/facts-and-values-science-and-religion-notes-on-the-sam-harris-discussions-part-i/ 2. https://jordanbpeterson.com/philosophy/facts-from-values-not-without-an-intermediary-notes-on-the-sam-harris-discussions-part-ii/ 3. TBA A note on the release of the videos, and their delay: Any event of this scale occurs because of the collaboration of many people, including, in this case. Travis Pangburn and his staff at Pangburn Philosophy, who organized and promoted the four-part debate series, and who incurred substantial financial and reputational risk in doing so (as nothing like this has been attempted before at this scale). None of us were sure at the outset whether Sam and I would manage a useful discussion, let alone four of them, or whether there would be a positive public response. In consequence, we didn’t spend much time before the debate series thinking about release (or formatting/editing) of video or audio recording. Since the events went well, however – appearing both productive and well-received publicly – we decided to move ahead with the production and release of the recordings. The team at Pangburn Philosophy completed the editing, in consequence. Sam and I agreed to allow the initial release behind Travis’s Patreon paywall, for a two-week period, after which we would post the videos for full public access on our respective video platforms, and release the audio in podcast form. The team at Pangburn Philosophy plans to use some substantial portion of what was raised through Patreon subscription for multi-language translation of their previously produced and future content (including these four debates). Additional relevant links: Sam Harris Podcast: https://samharris.org/ 12 Rules for Life Tour: Dates, Cities and Venues: https://jordanbpeterson.com/events/ My new book: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life/ My first book: Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning/ Dr Jordan B Peterson Website: http://jordanbpeterson.com/ Self Authoring Suite: http://selfauthoring.com/ Understand Myself personality test: http://understandmyself.com/ Blog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blog/ Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/jordan-b-peterson-podcast/ Reading List: https://jordanbpeterson.com/2017/10/great-books/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanbpeterson

Hi all. Thanks for tuning in. The discount code for www.selfauthoring.com and www.understandmyself.com is September (20% off). Additional relevant links: My new book: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life/ 12 Rules for Life Tour: Dates, Cities and Venues: https://jordanbpeterson.com/events/ My first book: Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning/ Dr Jordan B Peterson Website: http://jordanbpeterson.com/ Self Authoring Suite: http://selfauthoring.com/ Understand Myself personality test: http://understandmyself.com/ Blog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blog/ Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/jordan-b-peterson-podcast/ Reading List: https://jordanbpeterson.com/2017/10/great-books/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanbpeterson

The Montreal Press Club marked the occasion of its 70th anniversary in 2018 by initiating a “Freedom Award” to mark the accomplishments of a single exceptionally courageous individual in the world of journalism. They chose as their first recipient Saudi blogger Raif Badawi (https://www.raifbadawi.org/), who has been tortured and imprisoned for his views by the oh-so-enlightened rulers of that state. I delivered this lecture on free speech on the occasion of the acceptance of the Press Club award by Raif Badawi's wife, Ensaf Haidar, April 26/2018 (video uploaded August 20). It is an interesting sidenote that the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival, which held the event in collaboration with the Press Club, disavowed their support (https://twitter.com/metropolisbleu/status/976201304648355840?lang=en) because of the complaints of one Sean Michaels, as I Tweeted here (https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/984217716344094720?lang=en). Journalist Barbara Kay expressed her opinion about all of that here: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-another-cultural-institution-succumbs-to-jordan-peterson-hysteria Nectarine News (https://thenectarine.ca/) recorded this talk and provided permission for me to repost it. The original can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sz2-6RNkjY It's very unlikely that the Saudis are listening. Tyrants don't listen. Additional relevant links: Free Raif Badawi: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/free.badawi/ Montreal Press Club: http://www.montrealpressclub.com/ Blue Metropolis: http://bluemetropolis.org/ The Post Millenial: https://www.thepostmillennial.com/ Additional Links relevant to my work: My new book: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life/ 12 Rules for Life Tour: Dates, Cities and Venues: https://jordanbpeterson.com/events/ My first book: Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning/ Dr Jordan B Peterson Website: http://jordanbpeterson.com/ Self Authoring Suite: http://selfauthoring.com/ Understand Myself personality test: http://understandmyself.com/ Blog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blog/ Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/jordan-b-peterson-podcast/ Reading List: https://jordanbpeterson.com/2017/10/great-books/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanbpeterson

Produced by Penguin Random House Canada re my new book 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life/ When people say "what do you want to be when you grow up?" in our society they usually mean "what career are you going to pick?" It's really not the way the question should be conceptualized. You should really think about what sort of character you want to have. You want to grow up and be a responsible, forthright and honest person. It's the best way through life. Additional relevant links: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life/ My previous book: Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning/ Dr Jordan B Peterson Website: http://jordanbpeterson.com/ Self Authoring Suite: http://selfauthoring.com/ Understand Myself personality test: http://understandmyself.com/ Blog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blog/ Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/category/podcasts/podcast-episode/ Reading List: https://jordanbpeterson.com/reading-list/great-books/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanbpeterson

In this video, I make a radical suggestion, preceded by a careful, detailed argument that this suggestion is justified. In short: I think students should (with the backing of their parents, if possible) leave their junior high and high school classes if any of the following topics arise.This means that they should stand up, note their objections to the content of the class ("This sounds like indoctrination to me, rather than education, so I'm leaving"), and then walk out. Perhaps they could encourage a classmate/friend to videotape their actions, and post it on YouTube. Topics warranting such a response? Diversity Inclusivity Equity (Conveniently, these form the acronym DIE, which is exactly what the philosophy underpinning their grouping and use should be encouraged to do.) White Privilege Systemic Racism Gender I am not claiming that there is nothing to be learned about such topics, or even that they shouldn’t be discussed. What I am saying is that if they are brought up in an elementary, junior high or high school classroom the odds are very high that the “lesson” to be learned will be one driven by ideological/propagandistic concerns, rather than one aimed at the inculcation of knowledge, wisdom or skill. There will be mistakes made with such an approach. Some who discuss issues such as inclusivity and equity are going to be more reasonable than others, but that does not change the fact that the philosophy driving the pushing forward of such topics is essentially ideological and propagandistic. So I think such active resistance will get the point across very effectively. It is too bad that it has come to this, but it has. Think long and hard about it. My feeling is this: if effective action is not taken now to counteract the politicization of the public school curriculum, the need for such action will merely increase, and it will take much more to forestall the process later. Pick your poison. Links Directly Relevant to this Video Bill C16 Federal Government: http://bit.ly/2s1noQO Fear and the Law: Original Video: http://bit.ly/2dzbIT2 Full Audio Version: Lindsay Shepherd Inquisition: http://bit.ly/2A2ix6C TVO The Agenda 1: http://bit.ly/2dPR5kz President MacLatchy’s Statement: http://bit.ly/2lGZSY1 Letter from Communications Department: http://bit.ly/2EDCVwD Wilfred Laurier: Gendered and Sexual Violence Policy and Procedures: http://bit.ly/2qcaB1b CBC Scrum featuring Vicky Mochama: http://bit.ly/2A9ZZzz Letter from Wilfred Laurier Faculty Association: http://bit.ly/2C9Ulm1 ETFO Social Justice Statement: http://bit.ly/2DSUPu4 TDSB Social Justice Statement: http://bit.ly/2qcbnv7 Social Justice Begins With Me ETFO Resource Guide: http://bit.ly/2ECWZPP TVO The Agenda II: Professor Rinaldo Walcott, Director, Women and Gender Studies Institute, OISE: http://bit.ly/2ECXbyx Explaining Postmodernism by Stephen R. Hicks: http://amzn.to/2jvTq5X The Gulag Archipelago by Alexander Solzhenitsyn: http://amzn.to/2lGCfyM (note: there are three volumes). Additional relevant links: My new book: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life/ Dr Jordan B Peterson Website: http://jordanbpeterson.com/ Self Authoring Suite: http://selfauthoring.com/ Understand Myself personality test: http://understandmyself.com/ Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/jordan-b-peterson-podcast/ Reading List: https://jordanbpeterson.com/2017/10/great-books/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanbpeterson

First, a note: My new book, 12 RULES FOR LIFE: AN ANTIDOTE TO CHAOS now available and discounted at: Amazon UK: Allen Lane/Penguin: http://amzn.to/2AgWCsj Amazon USA: http://amzn.to/2yvJf9L Amazon Canada: http://amzn.to/2g2K7uQ You can download a printable gift certificate (with a preprint of the introduction) if you want to give to the book to someone as a Christmas gift: http://bit.ly/2CSWK1Y This lecture closes the 2017, and the book of Genesis. In it, I present the story of Joseph who, as the wearer of the coat of many colors, is profoundly adaptable, courageous, adaptable, merciful and just. Even in slavery -- even in prison -- he comes out triumphant, because of the strength of his character and his wisdom. Betrayed by his brothers, he acts to strengthen his family; unjustly accused by the Pharaoh's wife, he maintains his faith. Additional relevant links: Dr Jordan B Peterson Website: http://jordanbpeterson.com/ Self Authoring Suite: http://selfauthoring.com/ Understand Myself personality test: http://understandmyself.com/ Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/jordan-b-peterson-podcast/ Reading List: https://jordanbpeterson.com/2017/10/great-books/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanbpeterson

but a small part of the same insidious process. In a Business Insider article published yesterday, http://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valleys-liberal-bubble-has-burst-2017-8, journalist Steve Kovach characterized me as "far right." I contacted Mr Kovach by Twitter and email, after reading his article, indicating that such a characterization was both false and unwarranted. The full exchange (which culminated in the article's revision, albeit without apology or explanation) is captured in this video, along with some of my thoughts on the matter, and on my supposed identification with the alt-right (or the right in general). Kovach's revised article describes me, at my insistence, as a "classic British liberal," a political philosophy whose traditional aims (according to historian Walter L. Arnstein) include "gradually removing the religious, economic, and political barriers that prevented men of varied creeds and classes from exercising their individual talents in order to improve themselves and their society." That's a good enough description for now. P.S. I left the very ending of this video essentially unedited. I was struggling at that point to formulate my thoughts, and felt that leaving that struggle intact was appropriate (rather than giving the arguably misleading impression of ease of conceptualization). My links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanbpeterson Self Authoring: http://selfauthoring.com/ Jordan Peterson Website: http://jordanbpeterson.com/ Podcast: http://jordanbpeterson.com/jordan-b-p... Reading List: http://jordanbpeterson.com/2017/03/gr... Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson

In this lecture, I discuss how the basic or archetypal categories we use to frame the world are represented in image, where they existed long before their nature could be articulated. These categories include the individual (hero/adversary), culture (wise king/tyrant), and nature (destruction/creation). The heroic individual (the knower) is typically masculine, as is culture (the known), while the unknown is feminine. These categories can be conceptualized, as well, as explorer, explored territory, and unexplored territory. The most abstract category is the dragon of chaos, the monster who guards what is most valuable. It is from this most primordial of categories that the other three emerge. Our existence as prey and predator is reflected in the ambivalent representation of the absolute unknown. Want to support this channel? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanbpeterson Self Authoring: http://selfauthoring.com/ Jordan Peterson Website: http://jordanbpeterson.com/ Podcast: http://jordanbpeterson.com/jordan-b-peterson-podcast/ Reading List: http://jordanbpeterson.com/2017/03/great-books/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson