One of the biggest levers, in fact, the single biggest predictor of your health outcomes in life are the number of close connections that you have.

It's more than quitting smoking. It's more than going to the gym. It's more than stopping drinking.

50% of men say that they are not looking for a relationship.

When they say aren't looking for a relationship, do they mean I'm not looking for a woman or I'm not looking for commitment?

Not actively pursuing any kind of interaction with women.

Oh, where did we go wrong and how do we go right?

Okay, so 50.1% of women for the first time in history are mothers.

There are more childless women at 30 than there are women with children, right?

So for almost all of human history, more women had kids under the age of 30 than over, and now it's switched.

There's a study from Morgan Stanley that says by 2040, 45% of 25-year year old women will be single and childless.

If online dating was creating this perfect facilitation for relationships to start,

how are we ending up with all of these outcomes?

That's a question

what's wrong with the outcomes

what do you mean why should people care about being single

all the stats you just said

I could look at them and say they're just sort of objectively neutral

like there's no adverse consequence to society or the world

it's fine that people aren't having kids It's fine that people aren't having kids.

It's fine that people aren't having sex.

I'm playing devil's advocate here.

But like what is the negative consequence of all of those outcomes that you've described in your view?

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