Pickup artistry, the art of seduction, “The Game--” whatever you call the practice, since time immemorial, men have been trying to get laid. With the advent of the internet, a subculture emerged, where young men gathered on forums and in conferences to trade tactics and teach each other how to compete with (and even become) Chad. But can one really achieve satisfaction by learning to pick up HB9 after HB9?
Is the pickup artist community just a bunch of shady guys using morally questionable tactics to have shallow sex, objectifying women along the way? Or does it have some redemptive qualities?
Can the pursuit of sex actually lead some men to real self-improvement and even self-actualization?
In this episode, The Multiversity Projuct dives deep into PUA culture, drawing on The Game by Neil Strauss, the Mystery Method, Real Social Dynamics, Tyler Durden, and our own experiences ‘gaming’ and ‘being gamed.’ We delve into the ethics of pickup, bringing in feminist Martha Nussbaum and her theories of objectification. Join us for an in-depth conversation about a (usually) very shallow world.
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Media referenced in episode:
The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida: https://archive.org/stream/pdfy-TIGwEuUmNnQVm7x/The+Way+Of+The+Superior+M an_djvu.txt
The Game by Neil Strauss
Objectification by Martha Nussbaum
Tyler Durden’s interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR2j2RC0Ytk
Double Your Dating by David DeAngelo
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre by Keith Johnstone
https://quillette.com/2019/03/12/attraction-inequality-and-the-dating-economy/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Tinder/comments/23gvy0/its_hard_being_average_my_tinder_experiment/cgwyzoe/
