Andrew Huberman

I realized that my statement about, you know, alpha males and air quotes, I want to be very specific, not to protect feelings at all, because no one I'm about to talk about needs protection for their feelings.

But I think there are some incredible

male educators and examples online of people who are showing up in different aspects of their life in really spectacular ways.

good friend Jocko Willink, for instance, right?

I think he has a ton to offer.

My friend Ken Rideout has a ton to offer.

There are many, many great examples.

The people I was referring to in air quotes was in reference to this kind of newer trend of looks maxing as it relates to what you're talking about, about this over-obsession, in my opinion, on looks and on cosmetic perfection, which I do think is...

going to be if it's not already very hazardous for young men the feeling that even just um the idea that variation in looks is is being discouraged that there's sort of this neat need for everyone to look the same is so very different than how i grew up where uh i feel very fortunate that there was you know kind of a range of different appearances um within the scope of healthy that uh

that define people's unique characteristics.

And now this looks maxing thing seems to be all about everyone having like this angle of jaw, this cheekbone thing, this type of skin, this type.

And that's the part where I go like, hey guys, like, please don't waste your life.

Like this is a fool's errand.

Yeah, it's so interesting.

I mean, the drive and vision thing is –

and purpose thing is so interesting because this is one thing where I'm not saying everyone should go into science, but in science, you apprentice yourself to somebody else and then to somebody else as a postdoc.

And then eventually whether or not you get to succeed or not as an independent scientist is entirely based, not on what you did, that's just proof of an ability, right?

It's based on your vision.

Like, is there something exciting?

And that's what we joke in science.