If I'm not mistaken there are several hours of Jordan Peterson rambling about this topic and basically just regurgitating "the banality of evil." Like yeah we know social pressure can make people do bad things but camp guard posts were given as a cushy reward to SS officers who were considered really good at their job so that concept doesn't really apply.
it also undermines a lot of his messaging, isn't it? The idea you'd simply be a different person if you were born at a different time in a different country. Yeah, societal pressure and the promise of rewards will push people into adopting ideological stances they wouldn't otherwise have. But that's what we say, that people are the product of their material circumstances and ideology is downhill from experiences, not the other way around.
But Peterson's also a proponent of hierarchy and personal development and all that so I really don't know where he thinks he's coming from on this topic. Or any topic. He's a goof.
But Peterson’s also a proponent of hierarchy and personal development and all that so I really don’t know where he thinks he’s coming from on this topic. Or any topic. He’s a goof.
Say many words, elucidate on nothing, sound really smart, sell many books. A totally profitable grift and nothing more
If I'm not mistaken there are several hours of Jordan Peterson rambling about this topic and basically just regurgitating "the banality of evil." Like yeah we know social pressure can make people do bad things but camp guard posts were given as a cushy reward to SS officers who were considered really good at their job so that concept doesn't really apply.
it also undermines a lot of his messaging, isn't it? The idea you'd simply be a different person if you were born at a different time in a different country. Yeah, societal pressure and the promise of rewards will push people into adopting ideological stances they wouldn't otherwise have. But that's what we say, that people are the product of their material circumstances and ideology is downhill from experiences, not the other way around.
But Peterson's also a proponent of hierarchy and personal development and all that so I really don't know where he thinks he's coming from on this topic. Or any topic. He's a goof.
Say many words, elucidate on nothing, sound really smart, sell many books. A totally profitable grift and nothing more