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A review by naszir
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson
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Peterson’s primary claim (half-truth supposition) is that hierarchical structures are essential because lobsters exhibit a hierarchical structure in response to scarcity and environmental stress.
This presupposes that:
Lobsters are similar enough to humans for this to be relevant, that a particular evolutionary adaption to external stressors is the only reasonable adaption (i.e. establishment of lobster hierarchies over egalitarian formations), and that what is “natural” is inherently good for humans.
Peterson presents these suppositions as proto-societal axioms that by understanding them will change you from a depressed, low serotonin lobster to an aggressive, high serotonin, king of crustaceans.
As far as self-help books go the recommendations are run of the mill. Much like a dominant lobster, stand up straight with your shoulders back, and clean your room. Be confident and work within the hierarchy. Peterson presents this very straightforward information in his normal “Petersonian” way- a self-masturbatory mess of pseudo-scientific, neoliberal pandering word salad. It’s certainly more lucid than Maps of Meaning, which is the only impressive thing about this work, maybe besides the audacity of presenting crustacean hierarchies as a standard for judging human social organizations.
This presupposes that:
Lobsters are similar enough to humans for this to be relevant, that a particular evolutionary adaption to external stressors is the only reasonable adaption (i.e. establishment of lobster hierarchies over egalitarian formations), and that what is “natural” is inherently good for humans.
Peterson presents these suppositions as proto-societal axioms that by understanding them will change you from a depressed, low serotonin lobster to an aggressive, high serotonin, king of crustaceans.
As far as self-help books go the recommendations are run of the mill. Much like a dominant lobster, stand up straight with your shoulders back, and clean your room. Be confident and work within the hierarchy. Peterson presents this very straightforward information in his normal “Petersonian” way- a self-masturbatory mess of pseudo-scientific, neoliberal pandering word salad. It’s certainly more lucid than Maps of Meaning, which is the only impressive thing about this work, maybe besides the audacity of presenting crustacean hierarchies as a standard for judging human social organizations.