Peterson passion for doing good and making the world better
Channel: Lau Guerreiro
Date: 2018-04-09

in this inspiring speech Jordan B Peterson gets so passionate that he has to fight back the tears, as he implores people to make the most of themselves and use their intelligence and articulate speech to work for the reduction of suffering and the improvement of the world.


I'm a left-leaning, lukewarm fan of Peterson. I disagree with his archetype nonsense, but value his criticism of post-modernism and it's influence on the Left. He was the first person to expose me to such criticism, and I suspect that's why many of his fans became fans.

Although his intellectualism may be overly verbose, I think he benefits society by exposing many novices to the pathway of logical, rationed criticism of ideas. I think he draws some alt-right people away from the unthinking fringes and towards enlightenment ideals---especially important in a time of growing anti-science, anti-intellectual, anti-elites.

He is also a beacon of courage, defending what he believes to be truth, in an arena where his peers fear to tread---where his peers are cowered or complicit. 

Social justice and feminism have laudable objectives, but I think it is undeniable that those causes are in the process of being hijacked by extremists that do not care much for logic. How will society suffer if the hijackers succeed? And who will stand up to challenge the hijackers? Very few will, because they know they will be vilified: called Nazis, misogynists, bigots and crackpots.

Peterson is seen as the courageous hero willing to face the onslaught, and I think that's his greatest value---not the ideas that he brings (for many may be flawed), but the path forward that he shows us: that we have to be prepared to have rational discussions about all aspects of society.