The modern gig lifestyle results in a hive-like devaluation of the individual, but it also contributes to the emergence of more hive-like behaviors by encouraging individuals, especially men, to maximize their efforts in a gig when they are needed and minimize their obligations when they are not relevant.
To give this concept a name to contrast with MGTOW, I suggest the term MUTAW: men unable to afford women.
The old-fashioned courtship model may capture some wisdom of giving the man the time he needs to build his bonding mechanism as a result of the woman’s defense of her bonding mechanism, where that bonding mechanism is strongest for the first man he wins her affection.
In my last post, I defended my recent lack of blog posts on spending time learning about ways to draw more attention to my blog. While that did take up a lot of my time, another reason is that I had an idea I wanted to talk about but kept struggling on how to…
I will be a little bold tonight and talk about something that I find scary to talk about: my feelings about marriage. It might be somewhat prompted by recent debates about defining what relationships qualify as marriage but this post is more personal. What are my personal thoughts about a marriage that would…
I continue to think about the arguments around income inequality. I mentioned in earlier posts that I think the debate is distorted by mixing celebrity income with career income. Some of the highest incomes are a result of celebrity rather than a career choice. Celebrity is recognition and popularity based on a name,…
Hypothesis Discovery 