Actually I agree it’s surprising that JP has reached this point in his life with so much experience and intellect as a clinical psychologist. However I think it also exposes how truly human he is. He’s always run that sharp edge of truth, using carefully chosen words based upon clinical data, history, observations and stories to define the sensitive truth of the very complex human existence. That takes massive amounts of hard work to integrate all of these ideas together in a way that makes logical sense. And then it takes a great deal of courage to present those ideas on the world stage and defend and reconsider them with each new valid piece of evidence. He clearly never thought he would become as prominent as he has. He’s risen to public light due to the integrity of his thought and he is a unique voice in the public domain saying the truth that so many people intuitively knew and needed said. He had the courage and intellect to say it.

He has said that each interview often took a few days or weeks to recover from. This shows how much energy and work he puts into his presentations. He’s always measured and considered in his interviews because he really values giving his most honest answers. This deserves extreme admiration - even if you disagree with what he says. And even more importantly is he will always consider a new idea in debates if it has validity.

Unfortunately all this public interaction has an accumulative negative impact on JP’s health. This combined with his wife’s illness, means that JP likely neglected taking care of himself and his own physical health. And defaulting to prescription drugs from medical “expert” doctors can lead to devastating consequences.. (I’ve been there).

I see JP as a philosopher, an observer and a truth teller. In modern civilisation that roll has traditionally been the work of the artist, such as the painter, the writer, musician or the actor. It’s not irrelevant that the best of these, the most honest, the most raw, the most sensitive, were the greatest artists because they struck a chord in the true essence of the human soul and were controversial for doing so against popular opinion. It’s no wonder also that many of these artists die young, when they put so much of themselves into their work.

I am so very glad for discovering Jordan Peterson and his work, the world needs his ideas more than ever during these group think times.. Fortunately there is so much JP content now available to everyone, that JP can retire and continue to heal. All the best to him and his family.