Does Anyone Care About Male Loneliness? - Max Dickins - #511

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2022

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Max Dickins is a comedian, writer and a mental health advocate. Loneliness is as dangerous as smoking. And men are suffering worse than ever. This is bad for them, it's bad for their partners, it's bad for their employers, their children and society at large. Men are struggling to toe the line between manning up and opening up and many of them are doing neither. Expect to learn what Max learned from having no best man to choose for his wedding, how men's loneliness differs from female loneliness, the evolutionary explanation for shallower male friendships, how being in a shed can help you bond, why contributing to a project and doing things is crucial for bonding amongst men, whether the manosphere is helping and much more... Sponsors: Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at http://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 10% discount on all Optimal Carnivore’s products at www.amazon.com/optimalcarnivore (use code: WISDOMSAVE10) Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (use code MODERNWISDOM) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:43) Difference Between Man Up & Open Up (08:48) Why is Male Loneliness Unique? (19:49) Fundamentals of Friendship (25:56) How Treatment for Men & Women Should be Different (33:24) Defining Masculinity (40:21) Is this a British Problem? (50:55) Emotional Labour & Marriage (57:52) Importance of Bonding Through Doing Things (1:06:29) Max’s Thoughts on the Manosphere (1:14:07) How to Prevent Male Loneliness (1:16:45) Where to Find Max Extra Stuff: Buy Billy No-Mates - https://amzn.to/3PZV38i Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome back to the show.
0:03.0	My guest today is Max Dickens, he's the director of Improv Company Hoopler and author and
0:08.5	a mental health advocate.
0:10.2	Loneliness is as dangerous as smoking, and men are suffering worse than ever.
0:15.4	This is bad for them, it's bad for their partners, it's bad for their employers, their children
0:20.3	and society at large.
0:22.4	Men are struggling to toe the line between manning up and opening up, and many of them are doing
0:27.4	neither.
0:28.4	Expect to learn what Max learned from having no best man to choose from for his wedding.
0:33.1	How men's loneliness differs from female loneliness, the evolutionary explanation for
0:37.5	shallower male friendships, how being in a shed can help you bond.
0:41.6	Why contributing to a project and doing things is crucial for bonding amongst men, whether
0:46.3	the manosphere is actually helping, and much more.
0:51.3	Don't forget that if you're listening you should have also got a copy of the Modern
0:53.8	Wisdom Reading List, 100 books that you should read before you die at 100 of my favourite
0:58.2	fiction and nonfiction and links to them and descriptions about why I like them, you
1:02.2	can get your copy right now for free.
1:04.4	Go to chriswillx.com slash books, that's chriswillx.com slash books.
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