The Troubadour Podcast

Jordan Peterson's 4th Rule, with Robert Frost, Dostoevsky and Rand's esthetics

May 05, 2018 Kirk j Barbera
The Troubadour Podcast
Jordan Peterson's 4th Rule, with Robert Frost, Dostoevsky and Rand's esthetics
Show Notes
Why Jordan Peterson is dangerous. On this fourth installment of my grapplings with Peterson I explore Peterson's rule "Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not who someone else is today." For the first time I express some serious disagreements with Peterson, though I definitely agree with much of his underlying reasoning for the rule. After giving an overview of his method for expressing the underlying reasoning for this rule, I dive into where we diverge. I'll give you a hint: It has to do with the character Raskolnikov in the book Crime and Punishment. The poem I chose was "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost, as I believe there is much mending to do with Peterson's view here.