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> Meaninglessness can be countered by the voluntary adoption of responsibility.

This reminded me of Jordan Peterson

This is accurate. Perterson has said, verbatim, more than once:

> "The alternative to valued responsibility, is implulsive low class pleasure"

Which aligns directly with the quote you selected.

I listened to him on Joe Rogan and he seemed like a pretty down to earth guy. However on the show it seemed like he was treated as a controversial figure.

That's because he says lots of down to earth things except his philosophical warrants for these things are insanely conservative

> However on the show it seemed like he was treated as a controversial figure.

Well, I guess this answers that (and maybe more).

But to give my personal perspective, I’m not sure what Peterson’s motives are. He has stated that he used to have severe clinical depression, which might help contextualize some of his more “grim” lectures/videos. (He and his daughter are able to mitigate their depression by having a carnivore diet. Strange, but it seems to work for them.)

It seems to me that there is a financial motivation, they're for getting attention and monetize that attention. Both JP and his daughter are selling snake oil. Having said that, it's a huge turn-off to try to understand what his ramblings really are about.

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