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Anyone else going back to watch everything?

and a genius was born

“... Freedom is better than safety”

The only pro-religious arguments I've ever heard in which I couldn't immediately poke holes, the only ones that made me want to respect faith and scripture have come from this man. Believers and atheists alike should listen to this.

Nov 2020! I am a 25 years old guy from Brazil. After watching many videos and reading "12 Rules for Life", I can easily say that Jordan Peterson changed my life. Now I am here watching everything from the beginning. God bless you, Mr. Peterson.

"I'm not an atheist anymore, because I don't look at the world that way anymore. I'm not a materialist anymore. I don't think the world is made out of matter. I think it's made of the what matters. It's made out of meaning." This video is gold.

To anyone just discovering Jordan Peterson I would recommend starting with his lectures series on personality, then moving on to his Maps of Meaning lecture series. The biblical lectures are great too.

Nov 2018! I’m a 26 yr old fem. and Jordan Peterson saved my life.

"Evil is the production of suffering for it's own sake."

I’ve watched hundreds of hours of Peterson’s lectures - HUNDREDS - and this is one of the best videos I’ve seen of his.

I am a bolivian citizen and have had very few oportunities, if not none, to "meet" or hear from such an amazing person as Jordan Peterson literally showing the meaning of things so clearly. Thanks so very much.

Dr. Peterson is one of those rare intellectuals who can actually bring you to tears with his philosophical/psychological clarity and assessment of life. The beautiful thing is that he often is brought to tears himself by people who tell him he basically rescued them from hell.

It's 2020. And yes Jordan Peterson is still a life changer. Hope he gets well soon.

Jordan, I love how you bring all of these metaphysical and spiritual concepts into such practical application. You are seriously one of the greats of our time. My highest gratitude to you, sir.

I don't even know if I'm an atheist anymore. This guy is the man of the century.

Jordan Peterson is a rare genius. He is a genius in my opinion because he has followed his bliss to achieve mastery in his chosen field of psychology and psychiatry. The breath and scope of his lectures demonstrate deep and profound insights and how it applies in the 21st century.

I have been watching some of his stuff but today I started to watch everything from this one up. Because this man makes sense. The world is upside down and I don't want to be dragged into that.

Thank you Jordan Peterson for sharing your knowledge and wisdom with the world.

May 2022. Just started to watch more lectures and decided to go to the beginning. I've seen random shorts and clips from Rogan's show, but that was scratching the surface of the surface. Brilliance. I am so deeply grateful to this man. He is helping me heal so many layers, so much trauma, and he doesn't even know I exist. If he didn't show up for his purpose, where would we, watching this, be? We are each a Peterson for somebody. Dr. Peterson. Thank you, sir. Truly.

Absolutely laughed at the sentence "Adam's hiding... behind a bush, which says something about Adam's level of intelligence first; because you know God can see through bushes" bahahaha

I like how he materializes randomly on the left and right side of the screen as if he wants to tell us "It does not matter guys, it does not matter"

Who else wanted to start from scratch for this genius haha

I have just began my journey into conscious and purposeful living, and I'm starting from the beginning of your 'teachings' (that I have already been exposed to and connected with) and I put it in inverted commas because, I feel you don't seek to teach but to activate our innate desire and need to discover and try know . I love how you continue to discover and share your views on living and purpose, and have asked us to also discover life on our own so we can not just be but become.

“The most unsettling thing is to be treated casually in a brutal manner for no other reason than the brutality itself - that’s what undermines your belief in the value of human existence. That’s what demoralizes and kills.” - Jordan Peterson That’s exactly what happened to me. I’ve never been able to explain it but now I know why.

What matters is I'm here today. Maybe I'm late or maybe I'm at exactly the right time for me.

Great talk, side note he looks like a mall magician here 😜

Ive just started reading "Beyond order", I love how this video and your message/lessions here are so deep that 9/10 years later you publish them in your newest "mainstream" book. Reinforcing your pholoshy that a well told story with embeded lessons for humanity and scanity with these type of lessions say, stand the test of time. I wanted to find your 1st video posted to see how you have developed and where you might have started with providing a motivated narrative for life. And here i stand, proud and relieved that your understanding of these historical literatures and your motivation to spread this is amazing. I'm glad to have read that you are now back or yet to g back to good health along with your loving family. God Bless you!

"Evil is the production of suffering for its own sake" I gotta remember that one.

What a man, what a mind and what a message!

i just turned 21 and i spent 6 months being existential and really giving a lot of thought on what my values are. i hope that my values and stance on various personal and social issues can withstand the test of time as Jordan's did. His first video(this) showed the astounding level of consistency he's had for idk at least 20 years because the things that he said here still holds true till now. i think that is amazing.

‘Evil is the production of suffering for its own sake.’ So simple and yet so profound. He gas really thought 💭 this throughly

this is possibly the most enlightening thing ive ever heard, ive watched all the personality lectures but never understood what the underlying "terminology" or base for that was,

2020? anyone? hello????

Jordan, it feels lifetimes ago what you once told me in San Jose. We watched you perform some sort of snake charmer's rendition upon that stage. And even though it felt like everything was clear then, it has faded into some muddy muck now. My mistake I suppose was to not keep it all hidden. Regardless of my downfall, I still appreciate that you've assumed the burden to hold the torch in a sea of darkness. Someone had to make meaning of all this...

This is the only channel where people take their time to write about the pit they are/where in, with long and impressive stories about how life can be a struggle and how the difficulties encountered can be overwon by reasoning faith and insight. I wish all here the wisdom to overcome their difficulties and prosper on the path they have found. And for Jordan, thank you for being a voice of reason and an open guide. Will try to watch all your videos and think about it, can take some time...

Hey Jordan, Just wanted to say I love you for helping me write college essays on literally any topic. I'm an engineer so writing isn't my strong suit even if I'm able to conceptualize things. You provide insight that nobody else can and help me write/think/argue.

This is vital knowledge to help get me up the dominance hierarchy.

After 10 years I finally started listening these. Great Work then great Work now

When in 0:15 seconds he speaks truth more than we can hear from the media today in a year

Day 1 Video, unleashes the beast mode .

The union of masculine and feminine is perfect wholeness. Take it from a man who lived in literal marital bliss for 20 years, until cancer stole her from me at the age of 38. The day i live in is chaos. The notion that a person can claim any identity they wish by whim is the chaos of hell.

Such a wise man. Reminds me of Elrond from Rivendell in the way he understands abstract concepts such as God, and the nature of reality. His words have been my experience as well.

Thank you so much for sharing your research with the world Dr. JP. ❤️

I’m about to embark on a magnificent journey. Here’s to many more hours of listening to Jordan!

This man is What I call Miracle!

He seems so jovial in this video. He is smiling and making jokes. You can tell that he has been criticized so much that his recent videos show him as cynical, careful, and serious. It was refreshing to see this.

Things don't always get better and we can forget some great knowledge that our fore fathers took many years and hard work to come up with. I hope your teaching are never forgotten!

I remember watching this many years ago. Thank God for Jordan Perterson!

I feel like if you watch Jordan Peterson for some time at a stretch, it knocks on doors of your brain that you never knew existed.

Watching in 2020. Who else would wish to do it early?

Hi Jordan, first think first I just have found you book the 12 rules of life this year , the book is amazing but what really I have found amazing is you brain how you think how you puzzle everything into a new level , thank you.

I wish I had a friend like JP. Thank you for you, and your teachings. 😶

Absolutely love this summary. :)

I don't like the left-right switch. it's confusing.

Thank you for sharing your conversion and conversations. I appreciate you being. God out-smarts us kiddos, no doubt but it’s sure fun to share the wonder 🎉

wow.. now this is what i needed for Sunday School teaching on the Book of Genesis as a kid!

"Evil is the production of suffering for its own sake."

I wish more people would watch this, explore themselves and grow.

Starting to watch Dr. Peterson's lectures from oldest to newest. If you see my comment on one of his videos, then that means I finished it. There are many I've already seen, so I'm going to leave comments on those as I encounter them.

Your truly an Aspirant Professor Jordan Peterson God bless and more power !

this man is a genius

Una vez más: muchas gracias por los subtítulos!!! Los temas del canal son muy interesantes.

Man, I really love Dr Peterson.

Thank you 😊 mr Peterson

I wish hitchens was still alive just so I could see him and peterson debate

It is unfortunate that so many today surrender their individual freedom to group identity.

Unbelievable how absolutely relevant you’ve been for this long, props💐

WOW! Extremely profound!

The birth of a modern dragon slayer, but armed with ancient weapons.

Hello to everyone starting this journey

One of the best Peterson videos I‘ve come across

A hero of our time.

TL/DR if I die from anything other than self termination I will have owed this man my life. Given the depth of his audience I strongly doubt this will be noticed by the good Doctor himself; but I wanted to drop a note here on the oldest video in his channel. How apropos that the video discusses meaning and surviving the traumas of life. As someone who is barely surviving clinical depression and PTSD I have found Dr. Peterson's message to be of immense personal utility. I still strongly doubt that I will survive my depression and that scares me. But small steps add up, and I am working up to getting help from a trained professional. The main thing I wanted to impart; the reason I decided to actually start typing, is an image. Or maybe lack there of. Imagine a world where after a mania at 13 and prior to ever touching a paint brush Van Gogh had crashed hard enough to rip his own throat out with a razor. No starry nights, fields of flowers, or old woman drinking tea in a cafe. A world with one less crazy person's beauty in it. As a professional with plenty of counseling experience I am certain Dr Peterson understands the personal and family cost of mental illness. But consider the cost to culture itself when one of us falls, it hurts us all. In ways we will never understand. If you want to celebrate Dr. Peterson, celebrate that he has found a way to guide an incalculable number of people toward being a better version of themselves. I am trying to laugh about how pathetic I feel typing this. I honestly hope no one else ever thinks in my "unhelpful" patterns. I have no idea how to end this.

2023 came to wacth everything ❤

Thank you for this.

You can definitely tell that he's a Breaking Bad fan. He even talked about it on a certain lecture, it's on youtube

I really love seeing the old stuff. I've been really trying to understand Genesis for years and have read it many times and listen to many interpretations and yours is the best.

Thanks for the video jordan peterson ❤❤❤❤❤ Love from sweden

Just starting this journey, excited to learn all that is being offered

Are we still watching in 2024 🤙🏽

00:03 I started cleaning my room.

Thank you so much 🌹🌸🌹

Doctor Peterson, I’ve been studying your work among other things to bring structure to my life for several years. However like many other people your work has always struck me far more profoundly than nearly anything else I’ve really encounter in life. Before experiencing some of your work I was young, cynical, lacking all guidance and honestly, lacking basic mechanisms for survival. I felt like I had one foot in the grave. I deal a chronic illness that’s still very perplexing in many ways. I was diagnosed with post traumatic developmental disorder a few years back, and I’m learning everyday how it affects me while striving to overcome that. Anyways though I put real stock into your rules one day, as a wise Canadian snowmobile enthusiast once said on RU-vid; I just decided to “send it”. You know where this goes. Skip forward a few years, I started a family with an amazing woman worth building upon myself for. I run my own business that grows more successful every month that aims to make a difference for people. I have the the most amazing one year old son in the world; he’s really the reason behind every human motion I make. I find a lot of regular fulfillment in seeking responsibility, broadening my philosophy and perspective, and challenging myself to look past what I know to under the reality we occupy as much as possible. Your work continues to be the most compelling source in my life for building upon my foundation as a man. All this being said, I’m at a severe crossroad in my life. The woman I built a family with isn’t present often anymore. This is much to my dismay, I’ve worked very hard to protect her and champion what I can for her. There’s however problems and “circumstances” that are not within my control. I do accept that I’m by no means perfect, or even particularly good by nature. I can only choose to put forward actions and behavior that define me as good man, rather than whoever it’s convenient to be. It’s mainly just my son and I now. No days are easy right now, and I’ve learned that is okay. Occupying this difficult and volatile space, the suffering, it truly does transcend us if we choose to harness order out of the chaos. I want to share words with you doctor, and I know many do. I’m very confident that having a conversation could serve us both in some way because we ask many of the same questions and seek the answers through many lenses. I’ve studied a great deal of your work, a great deal. Not only yours but I’ve started branching out into much of the literature that you’ve used as a foundation for so many years, and others that my mind is forming parallels and connections to and from. I hope you’re doing very well. - Nicholas Antonian

as freightening as inspirational

Here in January 2023

How did I miss this?! He is today who he always has been. This proves it.

I am starting from the 1st video now that how much i love this guy

And the Batman Begins...

hey jordan, i wish you see this mesage, i don`t have a good life at the moment, in fact my life is a very dark hole, full of stuf that i wish i haven`t see an live, since i have memory i have been thinking of killing my self, i was abused and stuff, i have 22 now, suicidal and depressed, all my relationships have ben a failure and it was my fault, but you saved my life, you have been like my father, like a broter or a good friend, since i have see your videos my life started not to be good, but my life now feels like its mine, is a loong road, but now i have a patch, i dont know if i gona make it, but if i make its because you have ben the braves profesor that i have ever seen.

This is my first time im going through every vidoe of Jordan B peterson wish me luck guys!

Information is energy

God also has free will. And he chose love. And mercy.

"You have to live well enough so that the suffering is worth it." That's open to a number of misunderstandings. First of all, who are 'you' apart from the splinter of egoic separation that doesn't see how it conditions its own (and others') suffering? And what is 'living well enough' other than decorating that splinter to fortify its illusory seclusion from that suffering? I'd like to see these potential confusions elucidated. On the other hand, if you "take advantage of every opportunity and climb through every window open to you", there is 1) no serious role for this splinter and 2) vanishing meaning in its personal history of 'choice' and therefore ephemeral meaning in its personal successes and defeats. But in this there is a regeneration of the 'unsplintered' consciousness, which is inherently and unselfconsciously good.

Love this! :)

Thank you for uploading your first video ❤

May 2023

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It's 2023, and im going back to see how you made it palpable to speaking up in all your videos, thanks for still make a changing

He's been sharing his knowledge and wisdom for a long time.

Never sacrifice freedom at any cost to any government