Tag: relationships

You Didn’t Get The Message, And It’s Not Your Fault: How Texting (and WhatsApp) Is Terrible for Real Communication and is the Source of Many of Our Arguments

You Didn’t Get The Message, And It’s Not Your Fault: How Texting (and WhatsApp) Is Terrible for Real Communication and is the Source of Many of Our Arguments We live in a world where texting—WhatsApp, Messenger, SMS—has become the default way we talk. It’s instant, always available, and seems effortless. But after years of real … Continue reading You Didn’t Get The Message, And It’s Not Your Fault: How Texting (and WhatsApp) Is Terrible for Real Communication and is the Source of Many of Our Arguments →

The End of the Old World: Why Modern Life Feels So Hollow, Why Marriage is Dying (And What We Can Do About It)

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the concept of success—what it means, and more importantly, who gets to define it. By the popular standards of the Western post-1960s model, I should probably consider myself a failure. I didn’t go to prom. I didn’t party in high school. I didn’t even finish school the normal … Continue reading The End of the Old World: Why Modern Life Feels So Hollow, Why Marriage is Dying (And What We Can Do About It) →

Is Casual Sex Ethical? A Systematic, Logical Investigation into the Ethics of Sex

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Women Don’t Want the Badboy – They Want the Devoted Lover

What Women Actually Want: The Devoted Romantic, Not the "Bad Boy" There is a common myth circulating in male culture: that women want the cold, dominant, emotionally unavailable "bad boy." The aloof alpha. The rebel who doesn’t care. The man who disrespects everyone and somehow gets the girl. It's a narrative passed down in music … Continue reading Women Don’t Want the Badboy – They Want the Devoted Lover →

We Are Not Designed to Live Alone (our modern culture gets this very wrong). To Suffer Less, Live With Others

Our biology and psychology evolved under group conditions. For literally millions of years we lived always around other people. We shared the existential burden of life. We did not live alone. Our culture gets this terribly wrong. It's the cause of much of our suffering. I don't think its possible to deal with the existential … Continue reading We Are Not Designed to Live Alone (our modern culture gets this very wrong). To Suffer Less, Live With Others →

Boundaries Are Acts of Love – Here’s How to Set Them For People with Nice Hearts. Without ever having to be ‘strong’ or aggressive, and as a result create safe, honest, warm, and deep relationships

Setting a boundary with someone you love, or someone you have a repeated, ongoing connection with (e.g employer, or colleague) is one of the most powerful things you can do in a relationship, and it’s also one of the easiest, even though people often think it's one of the hardest. The key is many of … Continue reading Boundaries Are Acts of Love – Here’s How to Set Them For People with Nice Hearts. Without ever having to be ‘strong’ or aggressive, and as a result create safe, honest, warm, and deep relationships →