Peterson's 12 Rules for Life v2.0-- actual book discussion

[bennyboy]

Sure, Hugo and Jake are primarily entertainers and their style of comedy isn't for everybody. I still find them to be very intelligent and perceptive, and I agree with most of the points they make in their videos. I understand that someone who finds them annoying isn't going to be able to sit through it.

My issue is that I think Peterson is very careful with his language, as I consider myself to be.  When people summarize, they tend to filter out nuanced language and focus on key words; and in this case, that's a dangerous thing.  I've found that in most cases, where people think they have Peterson dead to right as a bigot, or a sexist, it's because they aren't actually breaking down the syntax and accepting it as it actually means-- but because it has keywords which trigger them, they don't say, "Ohhhh, that's  what he actually said."  They are more likely to accuse him of double-talk, moving goalposts, and so on.

But it's even worse when say a dozen Youtube hosts with similar triggers and views arrive at the same conclusion-- then there seems to be a kind of convergence, because surely all those people couldn't be wrong.

Peterson's language is extremely dense.  I don't think it lends itself well to the kind of summary these guys are doing. I found the Contrapoints video infinitely more valuable (and entertaining). Zhe was great!