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Jordan Peterson The formerly obscure Canadian psychology professor and current best-selling author on whether he’s an enemy of the marginalized or a speaker of unpopular truth

Are you surprised at the success of 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, which has been No. 1 on Amazon for several weeks? Surprised barely covers it. I can’t reconcile myself to what’s been happening since September 2016.

How did it start? I put three videos [on YouTube]. One objecting to new legislation in Canada that required a

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