Dr. Bill von Hippel

And so what you end up with is lots more people living single. Now, remember, we talked about that before. Couples are less likely to get together. On the one hand, this is not necessarily a bad thing, because women going to college making a lot of money means they can afford to live as a single person, which they literally could not do up until 1960.

And so what you end up with is lots more people living single. Now, remember, we talked about that before. Couples are less likely to get together. On the one hand, this is not necessarily a bad thing, because women going to college making a lot of money means they can afford to live as a single person, which they literally could not do up until 1960.

If you're a female in most countries, you couldn't have a job, really. And so the way to be an economic success is to marry. Those days are gone. But it does mean that it's harder for women to find partners when they're on average more likely to be educated than men. And we don't know why men are attending college at lower rates than women.

If you're a female in most countries, you couldn't have a job, really. And so the way to be an economic success is to marry. Those days are gone. But it does mean that it's harder for women to find partners when they're on average more likely to be educated than men. And we don't know why men are attending college at lower rates than women.

But I suspect that school itself just doesn't suit boys as well as it suits girls. And so it's harder for boys to hold still. Boys are less likely to want to please their teachers. Now, the list is long. It's hard to raise boys in those kinds of ways. And uneducated, unpartnered men are the biggest problem in every society.

But I suspect that school itself just doesn't suit boys as well as it suits girls. And so it's harder for boys to hold still. Boys are less likely to want to please their teachers. Now, the list is long. It's hard to raise boys in those kinds of ways. And uneducated, unpartnered men are the biggest problem in every society.

You know, if you've got men with poor prospects who can't find good jobs and who don't have a partner, they're the guys running around with high tea who are committing all the crimes. So as a society, you want to be very invested in men partnering up with women because that tames them.

You know, if you've got men with poor prospects who can't find good jobs and who don't have a partner, they're the guys running around with high tea who are committing all the crimes. So as a society, you want to be very invested in men partnering up with women because that tames them.

And you want to be very invested in men being viable partners for women, which means whatever we're doing wrong in schools that's pushing men out, we need to undo.

And you want to be very invested in men being viable partners for women, which means whatever we're doing wrong in schools that's pushing men out, we need to undo.

The numbers don't match. It's a really unfortunate problem. And so the easiest way to look at that problem is to basically look at Tinder or one of these dating apps. And there you can see that basically 20% of the guys on Tinder get 80% of the swipes. What that means is that 80% of the men basically largely get ignored on the app and 20%... are fawned upon.

The numbers don't match. It's a really unfortunate problem. And so the easiest way to look at that problem is to basically look at Tinder or one of these dating apps. And there you can see that basically 20% of the guys on Tinder get 80% of the swipes. What that means is that 80% of the men basically largely get ignored on the app and 20%... are fawned upon.

In contrast, women, about 80% of them are getting swiped by people on a regular basis. They're just not getting swiped by the guys that they're interested in. It's set up so that both sexes want the same thing. Men look for the same thing in women and women look for the same thing in men. And there's just a lot more competition among men to get women.

In contrast, women, about 80% of them are getting swiped by people on a regular basis. They're just not getting swiped by the guys that they're interested in. It's set up so that both sexes want the same thing. Men look for the same thing in women and women look for the same thing in men. And there's just a lot more competition among men to get women.

And so it's a smaller subset of men who are women are interested in. Interesting.

And so it's a smaller subset of men who are women are interested in. Interesting.

Well, focusing on your career is definitely an easy way to do it. But look, not everybody's a career person. And so you have to decide where your best prospects are. And that comes back to, like, why do we have autonomy? Well, we've evolved that because there's lots of ways to skin a cat. And so basically autonomy means I'm going to pick my path in life where I think I have the best prospects.

Well, focusing on your career is definitely an easy way to do it. But look, not everybody's a career person. And so you have to decide where your best prospects are. And that comes back to, like, why do we have autonomy? Well, we've evolved that because there's lots of ways to skin a cat. And so basically autonomy means I'm going to pick my path in life where I think I have the best prospects.

Usually that means career. But there's also ways of being, you know, just a really kind person, the person who's always going to look out for you, the person who's going to be great helping with the kids. Lots of men don't meet those criteria. And so that's a perfectly successful way. You just got to find, you're not going to get swiped right on Tinder. That's not going to be your way of finding.

Usually that means career. But there's also ways of being, you know, just a really kind person, the person who's always going to look out for you, the person who's going to be great helping with the kids. Lots of men don't meet those criteria. And so that's a perfectly successful way. You just got to find, you're not going to get swiped right on Tinder. That's not going to be your way of finding.