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EPISODE · Aug 16, 2026 · 1H 42M

Why Being Nice Is Destroying Your Family

from Jordan B Peterson on Odysee · host Jordan B Peterson

What does a punk rock concert full of sneering nihilists have to do with the oldest question about how to live? In this lecture, the final numbers of a long tour, Jordan Peterson begins somewhere unexpected: a Ramones show decades ago, where a room full of people who claimed life was meaningless could not stop moving to the music. That contradiction becomes a thread he pulls until something enormous comes loose, a case that the meaning you insist isn't there is woven into the way you perceive, the way you listen, and the aim you set without realizing you have set it. Along the way he takes apart the fantasy of a life without struggle, asks why a seventy-year-old man asleep in comfort is the least enviable figure in the Bible, and arrives, in the quietest moment of the night, at a piece of advice about love so simple and so practical that you will wonder why no one ever told you. What begins with a joke about slam dancing ends with a question you answer every time you decide what to look for.This lecture was recorded on February 5th, 2024 in Manchester, New Hampshire. “Use code JBPESSAY for 40% off Essay or click here: https://essay.app/?promo=JBPESSAY”Unlock the ad-free experience of The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast and dive into exclusive bonus content on DailyWire+. Start watching now: http://dwpluspeterson.com/ytALL LINKS: https://feedlink.io/jordanbpeterson// LINKS //Peterson Academy https://petersonacademy.comARC https://www.arcforum.comBooks - https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/books/#JordanPeterson #JordanBPeterson #DrJordanPeterson #DrJordanBPeterson #DailyWirePlus...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH2D_JJQSNk

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