Scott Galloway
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So... And then...
Sorry for the words out.
And then finally, and this is more controversial, procreation.
I think we need to stop pathologizing young men's desire to have relationships and want sex.
I think that sexual desire among young men is fire.
It can be destructive.
But I also think, for the most part, it's a wonderful thing that, if channeled correctly, makes you want to be a better man, make you want to dress well, make you want to be in better shape.
make you want to have a kindness practice, make you want to demonstrate intellect, demonstrate humor.
There's nothing wrong with getting out there and wanting to meet people and have a wonderful partner.
And quite frankly, stop watching porn and get out there and make your own.
One in seven men are called NEETs.
They're not in education, they're not employed, and they're not in training.
Effectively, you have the deepest-pocketed companies in the world that represent 40% of the S&P who have one mission, and that is to sequester you from your family.
And the way they do that is we used to think sex sells.
We figured out there's something that sells better than sex, and that's rage.
So you have a group of young men whose prefrontal cortex doesn't catch up to a woman until it's 25, is looking for that immediate dopa, and they think, I can have a reasonable facsimile of life online.
Why go through the pecking order of having friends when I have Discord and Reddit?
Why go through the BS of putting on a tie and navigating the corporate world when I can trade stocks or crypto on Coinbase or on Robinhood?
And why would I go through the humiliation, the expense, the rejection, the perseverance of trying to establish a romantic relationship when I have lifelike porn?
Big tech is not our friend.