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Reading 12 Rules for Life recently and I'd agree that Jordan Peterson is not a good writer that he uses too much words for the ideas he's trying to say. He's also too religious for my taste. However it's a exaggeration that "he has almost nothing of value to say". There are some insights of value if you skim through his words and it appears to me that he genuinely meant good for the advice he gives. I think he just needs a better editor.
You haven't read the linked article, because the author does adress this. They point out that Peterson specifically does hide obvious and banal ideas in his sentences, so that when people finally find some blatant truths in his word salad, it makes it seem like the ideas are much more profound than the platitudes they actually are.
Here is a quote from the article:
And remember the author actually shows this with numerous in-depth examples from Peterson's writings. A better editor would do nothing, because Peterson writes like that with intent, the intent being to disguise what a cultish hack he is.
I read the article and I agreed that Jordan Peterson used too much words as I said. I just don't agree that โhe has almost nothing of value to sayโ as I said.
The point that is being made, though, is that those things that do have value that exist in his writing, did not originate from him and are available elsewhere to the point of ubiquity. If you only heard about them from him, you should read more.
Why does it matter if it's "available" elsewhere? Do you complain when a restaurant provides food that is available elsewhere?
I do my best, when I see an intellectual huckster, to point at it and call it what it is.
Those who are taken in by hucksters have a tendency to dig in about it, and that's not my business.
You have not answered the question...
No time for love, Dr. Jones. Don't you need to clean your room or something?
So you don't have any actual point to say, huh? Talking about using lots of words without any actual things to say
I've watched numerous interviews with Jordan Peterson over the years, that guy is completely full of shit
Care to educate me with some examples?
The article above does a good job of providing many examples and a breakdown. Itโs long, but worth it.
The article was from 2018 and I also have not read "Maps of Meaning" (as it sounds boring as fuck) so I can't really compare what I see with what the article is saying. I was hoping for more recent examples.