A friend of the family who i discuss politics with asked me to read Jordan Peterson’s 13 rules for life, i asked him, in return, to watch/listen to some of Parenti’s lectures. He accepted.

I really didn’t think this through did i… I have to read Jordan Peterson now😭

  • AmarkuntheGatherer@lemmygrad.ml
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    Cass Eris (cognitive psychologist, succdem/liberal) has a playlist going through the book. She brushes part of outright accepts some anti-communist horseshit, but those should be obvious to you when she does. Other than that, she shows that holding JPB to any reasonable academic standard is a futile endeavour, from sharing information from his patients doing little to protect their identity to making absurd propositions and comparisons all with little to no citations. She also makes it a point to point out all the Freudian and Jungian poppycock Beterson has incorporated into his work.

    It’s a lot of videos averaging 40 mins so you could limit yourself to 1-3 rules and probably still be far more in-depth than your friend. I don’t suggest trying to go through the whole thing quickly, Dr. B’s work is quite frequently a mindfuck to think about with any depth, far too much quackery to take at face value.