Peterson’s work and book 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote to Chaos.Īlong with The Way of Zen by Alan Watts, The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell, and Nassim Taleb’s work, nothing has done more to evolve my view on religion than the lecture series Dr. I will ignore that issue in this post and instead focus on Dr. Peterson, the author of 12 Rules for Life, is a controversial figure, to say the least and has come under fire primarily for his refusal to use certain gender pronouns, after being compelled to by Canadian legislation ( Bill C-16), which he views as a violation of free speech. These forms of intellectual arguments are detrimental to the growth of an individual and for society at large but most people will know no better for undoubtedly Jordan Peterson is fairly persuasive in his arguments.Those of you who follow me on Twitter, listen to the podcast I co-host, or subscribe to my newsletter, know I’m a huge fan of Jordan Peterson’s work. It is a matter of perspective possibly but to have such distressing illustrations will serve the sole purpose of terrifying people, forcing them to remain where they are and to accept institutional systems and their social conditions as is, instead of questioning or being ambitious and hopeful. It looks positively monstrous in the illustration. Take for instance Rule 3 which states “Make friends wtih people who want the best for you” is accompanied by an illustration of the statue of David by Michelangelo with a very tiny figure of a child looking up at this enormous statue. “Alarming” because every single image rather than being hopeful and a cofidence building measure inevitably has a tone which hints that it is best where you are, do not try and have dreams. The arguments laid out in the book stem from his online discussions on the popular platform Quora.Įvery chapter is preceded by an alarmingly disturbing ink illustration involving children.
There is an authoritarian tone to the rules as listed in the table of contents. Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaoslays down rules for a better living in a noisy modern world.
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