Andrew Huberman· PhD
But where do men go now to relate to one another in a way that builds healthy relating with romantic partners? Builds healthy relating at work because I'll tell you just even the notion I know because I've been told just the notion of men gathering scares the hell out of a lot of people. The immediate assumption is when guys get together bad things happen. This is this is the idea. But I also think that we've um erased some very powerful vessels for self-standing and for relating and for and also for throwing off some of the stresses of the day that frankly don't need to walk in the door at home. And so guys are trying to do it all alone or on their phones. And then people wonder, and there are a lot of reasons for this, but then people wonder why there's so much dissociation and distraction and and worse by way of social media. It's like if guys can't hang out and talk, they not say drink, but if they can't hang out and talk, then how are they supposed to be their best selves when they go back to their families? >> You're dead right. And you know, we talk about the epidemic of loneliness. We're talking about men, you know, um heterero couple, uh the the man dies, women do okay. The woman dies, men are in deep trouble. The single men uh are the greatest public health crisis uh around. And we've talked about relational skills with your family, your woman, your partner if you're gay. Um, how about relational skills with pals? And I work