Plus, anti-excellence, free speech, and "Knitting's Infinity War."

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** August 27, 2019 | JORDAN B PETERSON
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** NEWS & OPINION
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** THE NEW YORK TIMES ([link removed]) - BRET STEPHENS
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** Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Excellence ([link removed])
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"Hence the new campus mores. Before an idea can be evaluated on its intrinsic merits, it must first be considered in light of its political ramifications."

JBP: Make no mistake. The real purpose of Diversity, Inclusivity and Equity is an all-out war on even the concept of excellence.


** THE GLOBE AND MAIL ([link removed]) - MARGARET WENTE
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** Diversity Runs Amok in Academia ([link removed])
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"You can have quotas or you can have excellence. You can't have both."
JBP: These research chairs were specifically designed to attract the best to Canada, and the federal Liberals have turned them into drivers of equality of outcome, regardless of consequence.


** THE ECONOMIST ([link removed])
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** The global gag on free speech is tightening ([link removed])
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"The habit of trying to silence opposing views, instead of rebutting them, has spread off campus..."

JBP: Support for freedom of speech on the ebb...


** THE POST MILLENNIAL ([link removed]) - ROBERTO WAKERELL-CRUZ & BARRETT WILSON
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** Violence in Portland as Antifa assaults numerous people ([link removed])
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"As police retreated, Antifa took over the intersection of SW Park Avenue and Yamhill Street and started a block party..."


** THE POST MILLENNIAL ([link removed]) - LIBBY EMMONS & BARRETT WILSON
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"The one thing that’s been around as long as mass violence is tribalism. And let’s be loud and clear about it: identity politics is tribalism."

JBP: The positive feedback loop continues--or accelerates?


** THE POST MILLENNIAL ([link removed]) - ANNA SLATZ
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** Alleged predator Jessica Yaniv arrested, home searched ([link removed])
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"Yaniv’s discussion of the weapons followed a lengthy racist rant disparaging the East Indian and immigrant communities of British Columbia..."
JBP: The plot thickens...


** THE POST MILLENNIAL ([link removed]) - LIBBY EMMONS & BARRETT WILSON
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** Quillette is a major publication now—deal with it ([link removed])
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"The fact of the matter is, they just don’t like this upstart publication that can be more relevant with a small staff and compact publication load than many outlets can do with their fully staffed newsrooms."

JBP: Post-Millennial writes in defense of Quillette...


** QUILLETTE ([link removed]) - KATHRINE JEBSEN MOORE
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** Knitting’s Infinity War, Part III: Showdown at Yarningham ([link removed])
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"This is my third report for Quillette on the shockingly vicious social-media wars that have erupted in the world of knitting..."

JBP: Oh, the times we live in...


** QUILLETTE ([link removed]) - TERRY NEWMAN
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** The Deadly Boredom of ‘A Meaningless Life’ ([link removed])
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"All I know is that men who see human life as meaningless are symptoms of a larger sense of anomie that, in less dramatic and destructive form, increasingly grips us all."
JBP: The deadly plight of anomie...


** YOU GOV ([link removed]) - JAMIE BALLARD
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** Millennials are the loneliest generation ([link removed])
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"Excessive social media use may be just one of the reasons some Americans are feeling isolated..."
JBP: Friendless millenials appear to be far too common...


** JBP IN THE NEWS
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** THE GUARDIAN ([link removed]) - IMAN AMRANI
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** After El Paso and Dayton, the left needs to reach out to men, not condemn them ([link removed])
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"A lot of young men seem to be lost and disenfranchised, but only the likes of Jordan Peterson are engaging with them.."
JBP: And from The Guardian (!) too...


** THE WASHINGTON TIMES ([link removed]) - DOUGLAS ERNST
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** 'Spam': Quora removes Jordan B. Peterson's 'valuable things' answer for providing 'no value' ([link removed])
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“After reviewing your content, we’ve determined that it was in violation of this policy and unfortunately, we will not be able to reinstate it.”
JBP: My 42 Rules Quora answer to the question "What are the most valuable things everyone should know?" has been removed by the Quora admins. Here's a screenshot of their rationale. ([link removed])
Update: The post seems to be available ([link removed]) once again.


** FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION ([link removed]) - TYLER CURTIS
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** Jordan Peterson’s Thinkspot Is a Welcome Social Media Option. Will It Work? ([link removed])
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"An innovative Patreon-YouTube-Twitter hybrid could apply competitive pressure to other platforms, incentivizing them to relax their censorship policies."
JBP: We'll see. It depends on how responsive we are to the users, and what quality we manage with the content.


** DEADLINE ([link removed]) - PATRICK HIPES
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** ‘The Rise Of Jordan Peterson’ Documentary Acquired By Gravitas Ventures; October Release Set ([link removed])
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“Even people who think they’ve seen it all have not seen what we’ve been able to capture in this film...”

JBP: Documentary release on the events surrounding me by Canadian filmmaker Patricia Marcoccia...


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** JORDAN B PETERSON ([link removed])
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** I Didn’t Say That ([link removed])
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"Something very strange and disturbing happened to me this week. If it was just relevant to me, it wouldn’t be that important (except perhaps to me), and I wouldn’t be writing this column about it. But it’s something that is likely more important and more ominous than we can even imagine."
JBP: New post on my blog, the first one in a while...


** THE THINKERY ([link removed])
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** Deepfakes Will Destroy Our Information Ecosphere ([link removed])
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"Cyborg Jordan Peterson goes full Nazbol. "
JBP: Not good...


** EVENTS
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The 12 Rules Tour is now on hiatus until October or November. We hope to visit major cities in France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, and a number of venues in Eastern Europe, the Baltic countries and Russia. Stay up-to-date on tour events here ([link removed]) .


** JBP QUOTE
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"I was once asked how I would define God. My God is the spirit that is trying to elevate Being. My God is the spirit that makes everything come together. My God is the spirit that makes order out of chaos and then recasts order when it becomes too limiting. My God is the spirit of truth incarnate. None of that is supernatural. It is instead what is most real."

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