An Evening With Dr. Jordan Peterson

2,900 people filled the Fillmore Theater in Detroit last night to hear a lecture by Dr. Jordan Peterson.

It was a packed house that had paid to hear him in person, Tash and I among them.

His main focus for his lecture was on Rule 11 from his new Book Beyond Order 12 More Rules For Life.

Rule 11 is Don't be Resentful, Deceitful & Arrogant.

It was a really interesting a wide ranging lecture, drawing on everything from the power of stories, Psychology, the Bible, all the way to the Brothers Karamzov, and was wonderfully complex yet made very understandable and he tied together all of these disparate themes and sources very well.  

A very interesting take on exactly why being resentful, deceitful and arrogant is bad not just to others but to the person practicing those attributes. Lots of food for thought on just what it means to be any of those three things as well.

It was also an amazing journey as to the question of the power of stories and indeed meta-stories, throughout cultures, history and society and today.

Afterwards, he took question that had been sent in via a website setup for the show and engaged in very spontaneous yet amazingly detailed answers to these questions.

Dr. Peterson was very informative, humorous, and amazingly engaging, you had 2,900 people attentively listening to a lecture so closely you could hear a pin drop.  Our seats were up in the balcony and we could hear just fine.  Downside is the seats are closely backed back to front so it wasn't the most comfortable thing with my legs jammed against the seat in front of me, that and I almost fell leaving as there aren't handrails so that got a little dicey but I managed to catch myself so all was well.

The lecture was really enjoyable, much was learned, lots to think about, and more than worth the price of admission and it was really neat to see and hear him in person.