“thought, 'well, what am I supposed to do, now that I hit a million views? How am I supposed to conceptualize that? What is this YouTube thing anyways, that was once a repository for cute cat videos? What does it mean to have a million views on it?' So I really started to think about it, because there were a lot of people commentating, as well, and they were into the lectures and following them avidly. I thought, 'OK, so what is this YouTube, exactly?' I thought, 'well, for the first time in human history, the spoken word has the same reach as the written word. And not only that: no lagged publication and no barrier to entry.' That’s a major technological revolution. That’s a Gutenberg revolution. That’s a big deal. This is a game changer. It was soon after that that I discovered the podcast world, which is about 10 times as big as the YouTube world. The podcast world is also a Gutenberg revolution, except it’s even more extensive.”
More from Jordan B. Peterson
“Anxiety — which is ineradicable — can work against you, or for you.”
“God only knows what you are in final analysis.”
“It’s funny to see that this whole 'clean your room thing' has become—of all the stupid…”
“One of the things I thought about when I was writing was, when you love someone—well,…”