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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharthabout 4 years ago

three questions to ask about Jordan B. Peterson 1. why did the American right adopt him 2. why does the American left detest him 3. why do spiritual people like him

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharthabout 4 years ago
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#3 is easiest. His speaking is extraordinary. His Alan Watts Factor (nuance x relatability) ranks high. https://t.co/bme3ZbAcjo

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharthabout 4 years ago

@Aella_Girl @CurziRose The degree of - relatability (normal language, everyone gets it from one tweet) + - nuance (your tweet captures nuance that even devout christians or buddhists or therapists often can’t explicitly articulate) is off the charts. (Hence Alan Watts comparison.)

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharthabout 4 years ago
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Many of his lectures that don’t intersect the culture war feel kind, and nuanced. Akira the Don’s Meaningwave tracks are an incredibly fun way to consume them. https://t.co/lJ6WdLbX6y

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharthabout 4 years ago
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#1 and #2 are quite related. Why is he a celebrity to the right? Why does he feel dangerous to the left?

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharthabout 4 years ago
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inside Jordan Peterson are two wolves https://t.co/Ex2Pp1a6NK https://t.co/ZVhYrZ6WpJ

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharthabout 4 years ago
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a 30m ContraPoints video on some of his more tiresome, childish takes 👀 https://t.co/Yq839dLzkt

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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharthabout 4 years ago
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his books and public-facing self-help content seem somewhat more regurgitative and phrased under an aesthetic (“Fix Yourself”) that seems to resonate with his lost American boy audience but hit a somewhat grifty, off vibe to me https://t.co/mAvuqsXZqs

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Ray Doraisamy@forshaperabout 4 years ago
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@AskYatharth How much of this is Augustine

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