Arthur Brooks

In other words, it tends to interrupt the cycle. You got to go through the stages. And if you're interrupting the stages because of something you're doing to your brain to get the satisfaction that comes from just stage one, it's a problem. That's not what we're actually made for. And again, I mean, I know there are some scholars that disagree with this, but I just don't find it compelling.

We may have a generation of young men in particular that can't get past stage one.

We may have a generation of young men in particular that can't get past stage one.

We may have a generation of young men in particular that can't get past stage one.

You're pretty serious consumer of this stuff. Yeah. Don't sell yourself short. This is not bro science.

You're pretty serious consumer of this stuff. Yeah. Don't sell yourself short. This is not bro science.

You're pretty serious consumer of this stuff. Yeah. Don't sell yourself short. This is not bro science.

I think a very compelling hypothesis. Now, there are places in the world where you are seeing these effects. So, interior cities in China, where, you know, the ratio of men to women who were born over the past 30 years is 124 to 100. Yeah. And had to do a sex-selective abortion and, you know, all of, you know, the abandonment.

I think a very compelling hypothesis. Now, there are places in the world where you are seeing these effects. So, interior cities in China, where, you know, the ratio of men to women who were born over the past 30 years is 124 to 100. Yeah. And had to do a sex-selective abortion and, you know, all of, you know, the abandonment.

I think a very compelling hypothesis. Now, there are places in the world where you are seeing these effects. So, interior cities in China, where, you know, the ratio of men to women who were born over the past 30 years is 124 to 100. Yeah. And had to do a sex-selective abortion and, you know, all of, you know, the abandonment.

One of my kids was, one of my kids is a Chinese girl who was abandoned at 12 hours old in a park in China. I mean, it was... And there was just millions and millions and millions. And in the early 2000s, a lot of them came to the United States because there was a big adoption movement that we were part of, as a matter of fact.

One of my kids was, one of my kids is a Chinese girl who was abandoned at 12 hours old in a park in China. I mean, it was... And there was just millions and millions and millions. And in the early 2000s, a lot of them came to the United States because there was a big adoption movement that we were part of, as a matter of fact.

One of my kids was, one of my kids is a Chinese girl who was abandoned at 12 hours old in a park in China. I mean, it was... And there was just millions and millions and millions. And in the early 2000s, a lot of them came to the United States because there was a big adoption movement that we were part of, as a matter of fact.

But the upshot of that is in that period, those people grew up and there aren't as many women as there are men. And there's a lot of trouble there. Sex ratio hypothesis is a... It's a big problem. And this is one of the reasons for the social instability in Chinese cities, as a matter of fact. And that's why they're importing girls from Vietnam.

But the upshot of that is in that period, those people grew up and there aren't as many women as there are men. And there's a lot of trouble there. Sex ratio hypothesis is a... It's a big problem. And this is one of the reasons for the social instability in Chinese cities, as a matter of fact. And that's why they're importing girls from Vietnam.

But the upshot of that is in that period, those people grew up and there aren't as many women as there are men. And there's a lot of trouble there. Sex ratio hypothesis is a... It's a big problem. And this is one of the reasons for the social instability in Chinese cities, as a matter of fact. And that's why they're importing girls from Vietnam.

It's like guys... Officially inflating the sex ratio. Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. So this is no joke.

It's like guys... Officially inflating the sex ratio. Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. So this is no joke.

It's like guys... Officially inflating the sex ratio. Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. So this is no joke.

That's not the kind of choice you want to be making in a society. And that's really not a choice you want to be making personally. Yeah.