I listened to the Rogan podcast
Hour One
Abruptly starts with them talking about the podcasting process, which quickly switches to JP defending our current Liberal economic and political systems against radical environmental and social reforms. Reminds me of Steven Pinker's recent output, or something from Reason magazine. Mentions our amazing "accelerating" technological progress, without any examples. To me things in 2022 aren't much different from 2012, except with more mental illness and obesity. Phones and solar panels are cheaper and apps are more addictive though, I'll give him that.
Hour Two
Starts with JP crying (I'm only listening so I can't quite tell) while talking about people dancing and how it relates to the meaning of life. "Which is something like: to observe the harmonious interplay of the patterns of being, stacked on top of one another, and then to bring yourself into alignment with that."
Lots of bold, pseudo-philosophical claims about truth, The Good, success, and more, some of which Rogan doesn't seem to buy. JP's ideas on the causes of transgenderism: creativity and wanting to play pretend. It really doesn't hold a candle to the fine tranny scholarship conducted on this forum.
Hour Three
- Complaining about twitter trolls, reflections on fame
- Says during his benzo years he fainted 5 or 6 times a day
- Says he doesn't like to talk about his carnivore diet because he doesn't recommend it to people and is not a dietician
- Before said diet, Mikhaila was only awake 6 hours a day, and only that much thanks to Ritalin
Hour Four
JP says he has written 5 songs and a screenplay. We don't get to enjoy his talents here, though.
Comes back to praising his meat diet (that he doesn't like discussing). Mikhaila and Tammy now eat only "lamb and salt".
He hawks his wares:
- an upcoming book
- an app to help people write essays. "There's no difference between writing and thinking, and no difference between thinking and not failing".
- hours of new lectures
Ends with a ramble about religion, psychedelics, the Columbine shooters, antidepressants, Serotonin, hierarchy, and cancel culture. I guess it makes sense to save your biggest hits for the finale. JP and Rogan encore with a reflection on the JRE podcast that quickly goes off on more pointless JP tangents. It's scary how incoherent his train of thought is here; it reminds me of when my diabetic teacher's blood sugar would drop too low and he stopped making any sense. Rogan has to cut JP off and the podcast finally ends for real a few moments later.
Until the last 15 minutes he doesn't seem
that much worse than his past self. He's still recognizably the same mind that produced Maps of Meaning back in 1999
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Overall I didn't hear anything worth remembering in this performance, though.
That's hilarious. Peterson treats The Simpsons like its some intricately plotted series and not some episodic sitcom.
