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"Peterson has gained something of a following for his how to live your life guidance, which mostly consists of obvious common sense, ideas recycled from the Stoics, and some fairly crummy advice. Despite promoting personal responsibility above all and telling others how to live well, he went on to abandon his very sick wife for a while to go to Russia to do a dangerous experimental medical procedure where he would get over his drug addiction by an induced coma, thereby avoiding the discomfort of withdrawal and waking up with the problem that was much more easily solved with less personal work to do. Clearly, this must tick all the boxes in his principles of personal responsibility and "How To Live Your Life To The Fullest", because he hasn't seemed to lose that many fans/readers. This perhaps says something about his fans."Other than that Peterson is passionate about free speech, I don't really know what his teachings are about, and if he has anything to teach at all. His cult following is somewhere between Beatlemania and self help books.
Half of what he's saying you can immediately agree with, the other half is added for marketing purposes, whichever topic is trending at the moment -- he has opinions on absolutely everything.
- He is an absolute incel championBonSeff
- That website is funded by Bill Gates.palimpsest
- "Basically the material presented on RW is what a slightly left of centre atheist needs to win an internet debate."Morning_star
- Yeah, he served more as a bell weather for crazy progressive anti-free speech policies.IRNlun6