Masculinity & Manhood
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Why are ordinary citizens punished for asking questions… while "experts" can...
Science has become the modern priesthood. Its symbols, jargon, and institutions command instant reverence. But what happens when the priests stop telling the tr...
She didn’t lose her mind in university, she gave it away
She didn’t lose her mind in university, she gave it away. Not consciously. Not all at once. But slowly, semester by semester, her instincts were overwritten, he...
A young woman told me yesterday that she doesn’t like to make eye contact with...
A young woman told me yesterday that she doesn’t like to make eye contact with anyone she doesn’t really trust, only her boyfriend or a few close people. She sa...
The world economy rides on the back of the American middle class
The world economy rides on the back of the American middle class. Most people have no idea that global trade only exists because the U.S. Navy keeps peace on t...
You’ve built an impressive life, but now you feel stuck by something you can't...
You’ve built an impressive life, but now you feel stuck by something you can't identify. You’ve made lots of money. You’ve mastered abstract thought. You might ...
The kind of work I do requires thinking on two levels at once
The kind of work I do requires thinking on two levels at once. On one level, I’m dealing with real individuals and their very real problems, emotional pain, dy...
"What if I can't have children?
"What if I can't have children?" If, for one reason or another, you're not going to have children, maybe you can't physically, or maybe you never found the rig...
I have a friend with a great story
I have a friend with a great story. He helped an older man who owned a very primitive factory producing liqueurs. The man took a shine to him and, when he retir...
We live in an age of infinite options
We live in an age of infinite options. Every week, there’s a new strategy. A new guru. A new tool. A new way of thinking. It feels exciting. Empowering. As if...
Every young man should have a hard, dirty job in his late teens
Every young man should have a hard, dirty job in his late teens. Start at sixteen or seventeen during the summers. Shovel gravel. Haul lumber. Dig trenches. St...
How Did We Become an Underfathered Society?
How did we get here, into a world where so many men and women are underfathered? Where boys grow up without strong models of mature masculinity… And girls grow...
That’s a beautiful sentiment
That’s a beautiful sentiment. In fact, it makes perfect sense. Imagine a database that shows a person’s genetic closeness score to you, and you can choose to b...
These are classic manipulation tactics used by the government to silence...
These are classic manipulation tactics used by the government to silence victims and protect itself. If this were happening to me or my family, I’d: � Circle ...
We’re not facing history’s first population collapse
We’re not facing history’s first population collapse. It’s happened before. That’s part of why, historically, having children was seen as a civic duty, ike payi...
A certain mindset—and its group evolutionary strategy—will always push its luck...
A certain mindset—and its group evolutionary strategy—will always push its luck until that luck runs out. When men and society finally move to restore order, th...
If Trump pairs the tariffs with a massive reduction in U
If Trump pairs the tariffs with a massive reduction in U.S. regulations, the effect would be to bring production back to the U.S. However, without cutting regul...
In my coaching, I teach my clients to live joyful lives
In my coaching, I teach my clients to live joyful lives. But I’ve noticed something. Very often, there’s a society-wide confusion between happiness, joy, and s...
Your husband wants to help you, but he wants to help you as a man, from his...
Your husband wants to help you, but he wants to help you as a man, from his position and responsibility as a husband and father. If you want his help, you don’...
Don’t take financial advice from broke people
Don’t take financial advice from broke people. Don’t take relationship advice from the chronically single. Don’t take marriage advice from the divorced or miser...
Imagine what your life could feel like if you could express yourself with...
Imagine what your life could feel like if you could express yourself with clarity, calm, and confidence in every situation, and also understand others on a deep...