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For 10 years women have emailed Mark Manson saying Models is better than any women's dating advice they've read, requesting a female version — which he says he hasn't had time to write.
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A question about rewriting Models in the MeToo era prompts a thoughtful personal audit. Mark went back and re-read the book when MeToo broke in 2017–18, expecting the worst. He was pleasantly surprised — a few crude phrasings needed tweaking but the core held up, and the subtitle 'Attract Women Through Honesty' kept him on the right side of the cultural line. The current man-woman tension feels different from MeToo and may prove to be a passing cultural moment rather than a permanent shift. But the one glaring gap is apps: when Models was published, online dating was a minor fraction of how people met. Today it's the majority, and Tinder didn't even exist at publication. If he revised the book, the major addition would be at least one full chapter on app-based dating [1] — Mark Manson "Models for women: never written, high demand: For 10 years women have emailed Mark Manson saying Models is better than any women's dating a…" 54:50 . A decade of emails from women saying it's the best dating advice they've ever read — regardless of its male framing — remains one of the most unexpected outcomes of his career, and a female version of Models is something he thinks about but has never had time to write.
Mark's first heartbreak took 5 years and mostly involved drinking, reconnecting with his ex, and self-destruction. The turning point: channelling pure anger into the goal of making her breakup decision 'the worst she ever made.' That year he started the gym, applied himself in school, and got into meditation. He succeeded. He also no longer cares — which, he notes, is how you know you're over someone.
Kierkegaard's concept of anxiety as 'the dizziness of freedom' predates Freud's psychological framework by roughly 60 years, yet modern research has since validated his core claims about commitment and identity.
Between 2003 and 2020, Americans accumulated roughly 24 extra hours per month spent alone — the equivalent of a part-time job's worth of isolation, and that's before the pandemic.
Median age at first marriage climbed from 21 (women) and 23 (men) in the 1970s to nearly 29 (women) and 30 (men) today — a rise of 6–8 years per gender, extending the 'emerging adulthood' liminal phase.
San Francisco's average rent rose 18% over the past two years to $3,728/month, surpassing New York City as the most expensive rental market in the country.
San Francisco's average monthly rent now stands at $3,728, surpassing New York City to become the most expensive rental city in the United States.
At a childhood sleepover, Bobby Lee's friends drew penises on his face and he walked 7 miles home on a dirt road before being picked up by Eric Purvis's mom.
In 1950, about 60% of the world lived in extreme poverty; today it's about 1 in 10, attributable to capitalist economic growth.
From 2021 to 2024, 6 million children fell below the poverty line in the US after the expanded child tax credit expired.
Private domestic infant and international adoptions typically cost $40,000 to $70,000, while foster care adoption is the most affordable route at $0 to $2,000.
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