RE: Peterson's 12 Rules for Life v2.0-- actual book discussion
September 25, 2018 at 3:31 am
(This post was last modified: September 25, 2018 at 3:31 am by Sal.
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I own a copy of the book and I have read it once, probably will read it again sometime.
I have to admit, I was a bit enamored with JBP when I bought the book thanks to his handling of SJW types, but reading the book itself made me like him less and less the more I read it. The final nail in the coffin also happened to be his prologue chapter Coda (page 355-) where he talks about writing with a pen of light or some shit. Throughout that last chapter I was like, what the hell are you smoking, man? And where he outlined that he did some question-answering routine with no research and it's the fucking basis for the damn book? He just put some questions down on a proverbial napkin and flied with it. Here's a not-so-grandeur advice: maybe spend some time researching each question thoroughly before making it the foundation behind a whole book!
I have to admit, I was a bit enamored with JBP when I bought the book thanks to his handling of SJW types, but reading the book itself made me like him less and less the more I read it. The final nail in the coffin also happened to be his prologue chapter Coda (page 355-) where he talks about writing with a pen of light or some shit. Throughout that last chapter I was like, what the hell are you smoking, man? And where he outlined that he did some question-answering routine with no research and it's the fucking basis for the damn book? He just put some questions down on a proverbial napkin and flied with it. Here's a not-so-grandeur advice: maybe spend some time researching each question thoroughly before making it the foundation behind a whole book!
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard P. Feynman
