Do you remember Occupy Wall Street? OWS started out as a starry-eyed movement that was supposed to bring down the corrupt capitalist oligarchy, ending financial inequality once and for all. It culminated with police driving the remainder of the ragtag hippies out of the Zuccotti Park a month later. How did OWS fail so spectacularly yet GamerGate is still going strong? Let's take a look at what the two have in common and why grassroots movements tend to fall apart. OWS recruited people from all walks of life, which gave it immense momentum at first but became a problem later on, Read More

Last week there was some interesting discussion in the comments on my article, which was about the need for men to seize the moment and not to pass up opportunities to meet women they are attracted to as they go about their daily lives. I hadn't intended the article to be a paean to daygame, but I guess that's how it turned out, as my basic point was that there are women all around us every day, and the smart man doesn't wait for permission or for the “right moment” to make an approach. One comment in particular caught my eye – Read More

In the video below, I share two things you should keep in mind before entering the new year. You can see the 30+ comments on the video here. Previous Video: All Public Rape Allegations Are False P.S. My newest book is called Poosy Paradise. It's about my three month trip to Romania in search of poosy paradise. Click here to learn more about the book. Read More

I had a bunch of ideas for articles on a variety of topics, but after running through them I realized that not much more than a paragraph or two would be needed on each subject, with some subjects already having articles covering them to greater depths. So instead of writing a few different articles on these individual topics, I'm going to list some core principles on how to be a better man with the hope of these ideas and others sparking some good conversation in the comments section, as the ROK comments tend to contain as much wisdom as the Read More

“…Whát I dó is me: for that I came.” —Hopkins Our needs, philosophers have long told us, are essentially negative in character, deriving from our natural state of lack. And, like a person who remains vaguely agitated, weary, and restless after getting over an illness, we generally do not incline to feel gratitude in any lasting or very meaningful sense. Because it is painful to be hungry, it feels good to eat; but it is not in our nature to feel so fortunate for having eaten, and accordingly, we are not generally grateful beings, though, of course, we all say otherwise, just Read More