The Art of Manliness

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#592: Being a Man in the Lousy Modern World

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Published March 11, 2020 12:28pm

Emerson famously said "society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members."

My guest today says things have gotten a lot worse since Emerson uttered those words over a century and a half ago. His name is Robert Twigger. We last had him on the show to discuss his book Micromastery. Today we discuss a book he wrote 20 years ago called Being a Man in the Lousy Modern World. We begin our conversation discussing how the modern world infantilizes men so they're easier to control, and whether Robert thinks things have changed...

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