It pained me to discover that my brother liked one of his books in 2020. I’m very careful to not stress our relationship because he’s otherwise a decent person. I shudder to think what other content he might expose himself to over time and what that will mean for our relationship.
I read one of his books before i knew who he was, and found although the advice was mostly common sense (if a bit context free) advice, followed by long rants about traditional family’s, and backed up by bible. I found myself thinking “what about behaviourism research?”, you know there has been progress in the last 100 years. I’m ashamed that the traditional family shit didn’t tip me off.
I’ve found him come up in my google feeds often too, It’s insidious.
In terms of convincing your brother about how off this guy is, generally there are how to approach things on line (i.e. you can’t always take a logical approach). I’ve also encountered this kind of thing in my extended family, I’ve got distant aunts that likely voted for trump, and they are otherwise decent people (i.e. not racist, and supportive).
because he’s otherwise a decent person. I shudder to think what other content he might expose himself to over time and what that will mean for our relationship.
Maybe he’s wondering what content you’re exposing yourself to, as well? i think it’s time you guys talk, but on one condition; To not be easily offended.
i’m wondering; would he feel offend by you, or you feel offended by him?
He brought up men’s rights bullshit around the same time (actually, maybe a bit earlier). I shot that down in the most diplomatic terms I could. He seemed not to resist (I think I made my point fairly well and he reconsidered). He’s a good father and a caring brother. That’s enough for me.
“To stand up straight with your shoulders back is to accept the terrible responsibility of life, with eyes wide open. It means deciding to voluntarily transform the chaos of potential into the realities of habitable order. It means adopting the burden of self-conscious vulnerability, and accepting the end of the unconscious paradise of childhood, where finitude and mortality are only dimly comprehended. It means willingly undertaking the sacrifices necessary to generate a productive and meaningful reality (it means acting to please God, in the ancient language).“
Pseudo-intellectual drivel that’s void of substance and sounds “smort” to less critical readers.
By walking with your shoulders back, you:
Accept responsibility (which is inherently terrible?)
Turn potential into actuality (butchered Aristotle quote?)
Are vulnerable (which is a burden?)
Accept you aren’t a child (only children hunch their shoulders?)
Are willing to sacrifice (because it’s such a big sacrifice?)
Make God happy (God hates a sloucher?).
It’s airy fairy, vague platitudes bereft of substance or value that prays upon readers who just see fancy words and thus follow the advice that was ultimately presented with such a weak argument that it would struggle to hold up a fart.
If the fluffy language was removed from the actual “points” Mr Peterson was making, all that would be left is flavourless, Biblical bubblegum.
Want some real advice?
Stand up straight with your shoulders back; it presents to others that you are confident. By presenting yourself as confident, you will be treated by others as if you were confident. And thanks to that feedback loop you have created (look confident, be treated like a confident person), you afford yourself a strong opportunity to feel confident from within. Oh and God hates you if you slouch.
It pained me to discover that my brother liked one of his books in 2020. I’m very careful to not stress our relationship because he’s otherwise a decent person. I shudder to think what other content he might expose himself to over time and what that will mean for our relationship.
I read one of his books before i knew who he was, and found although the advice was mostly common sense (if a bit context free) advice, followed by long rants about traditional family’s, and backed up by bible. I found myself thinking “what about behaviourism research?”, you know there has been progress in the last 100 years. I’m ashamed that the traditional family shit didn’t tip me off.
I’ve found him come up in my google feeds often too, It’s insidious.
In terms of convincing your brother about how off this guy is, generally there are how to approach things on line (i.e. you can’t always take a logical approach). I’ve also encountered this kind of thing in my extended family, I’ve got distant aunts that likely voted for trump, and they are otherwise decent people (i.e. not racist, and supportive).
Maybe he’s wondering what content you’re exposing yourself to, as well? i think it’s time you guys talk, but on one condition; To not be easily offended. i’m wondering; would he feel offend by you, or you feel offended by him?
He brought up men’s rights bullshit around the same time (actually, maybe a bit earlier). I shot that down in the most diplomatic terms I could. He seemed not to resist (I think I made my point fairly well and he reconsidered). He’s a good father and a caring brother. That’s enough for me.
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“To stand up straight with your shoulders back is to accept the terrible responsibility of life, with eyes wide open. It means deciding to voluntarily transform the chaos of potential into the realities of habitable order. It means adopting the burden of self-conscious vulnerability, and accepting the end of the unconscious paradise of childhood, where finitude and mortality are only dimly comprehended. It means willingly undertaking the sacrifices necessary to generate a productive and meaningful reality (it means acting to please God, in the ancient language).“
Pseudo-intellectual drivel that’s void of substance and sounds “smort” to less critical readers.
By walking with your shoulders back, you:
It’s airy fairy, vague platitudes bereft of substance or value that prays upon readers who just see fancy words and thus follow the advice that was ultimately presented with such a weak argument that it would struggle to hold up a fart.
If the fluffy language was removed from the actual “points” Mr Peterson was making, all that would be left is flavourless, Biblical bubblegum.
Want some real advice?
Stand up straight with your shoulders back; it presents to others that you are confident. By presenting yourself as confident, you will be treated by others as if you were confident. And thanks to that feedback loop you have created (look confident, be treated like a confident person), you afford yourself a strong opportunity to feel confident from within. Oh and God hates you if you slouch.