Welcome back for another thought-provoking conversation with Ryan Holiday, 10+ times bestselling author. We’ve had several guests debating both sides and considering, objectively, what is true and what best serves the current state of masculinity as we see it now through the lens of the red and blue pill communities. It’s been called toxic, it’s sparked fear, pride and arguments among men, women, and between the two sexes.

Today, Ryan Holiday continues the incredible second part of our conversation digging into the uncomfortable yet necessary areas of what power and masculinity truly are and how social media influencers, YouTubers, and algorithms have clouded our vision of what power is, what is moral, and what should men be turning to and searching for if it’s not the Red and Blue pill communities.

How can this conversation reach and help the young man that’s caught in the crossfire of messages about what a man looks like, how he behaves, and what he should be accepting from women and what he should never tolerate. 

In the second part of this two-part episode, Ryan walks through the critical points that cannot be ignored if we are to move the narrative forward:

Gendered emotions doesn’t acknowledge men’s emotional outbursts

‘Stoics never cry’ and therefore neither should men is bullsh*t

What you need to know about yourself to not get red-pilled

The social media distortion that’s got you too dizzy to aim at anything


If you’ve pondered “valid” points from the red or blue pill communities, how has it shaped your view of masculinity and what are you externally looking to for guidance on how to be a man that knows truth and power for himself? If you’re a woman in this space, how has this shaped the conversations with the men in your life?

RYAN HOLIDAY STOIC TRUTH BOMBS:
"We say men shouldn't be emotional, but we are very indulgent of men's tempers, [...] I've never lost my temper and then been proud afterwards.”

“I think of Stoicism as a philosophy, I do think about it as something that's not masculine or feminine, but that it's something human.”

“The practice of looking for a reason or looking for something to understand or pity even in other people is a practice I've taken out of being a parent.” 

“Being the person who is principled and strict is what matters, and what's right and wrong is important, but so is compromise and collaboration.”

“If you don't know what your values are, if you don't know what you stand for, if you don't know what you're trying to get to, and then you're just scrolling on your phone, then the algorithm is just serving you up what's most engaging.”

“I didn't build this audience to not say what I think. I built the audience by saying what I think needs to be said, and that's what I have to keep doing. Otherwise I don't have the audience. The audience has me.”


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