More important today than ever now that the zeitgeist is apparently "If you can't handle me at my worst..." and victimhood has become social currency in so many high places. It's only made worse by self-help guruship being nearly monopolized by the oft-toxic red pill bros of YouTube and TikTok, partly as a reaction to the professional victimhood movement. To have nerds and academics like Bryan jumping in with more measured and more helpful guidance on these - things like character and virtue and all that's downstream; the kinds of matters that schools have become fearful to touch anymore, lest they step on latter-day parents' toes or introduce something "problematic" - is crucial to cut through the toxic BS on either side, which is to say there is a path besides either victim or abuser. Agency is like the meta-skill, as Jonah seems to have illustrated quite well.
Impressive collections of self-help tips and books. Thank you. Looks like I’ve missed out on a lot of good advice from Bryan. I feel more confident in my previous characterization of him as “somewhat of a self-help guru.”
Lol, yeah… it’s probably the Vyvanse.
More important today than ever now that the zeitgeist is apparently "If you can't handle me at my worst..." and victimhood has become social currency in so many high places. It's only made worse by self-help guruship being nearly monopolized by the oft-toxic red pill bros of YouTube and TikTok, partly as a reaction to the professional victimhood movement. To have nerds and academics like Bryan jumping in with more measured and more helpful guidance on these - things like character and virtue and all that's downstream; the kinds of matters that schools have become fearful to touch anymore, lest they step on latter-day parents' toes or introduce something "problematic" - is crucial to cut through the toxic BS on either side, which is to say there is a path besides either victim or abuser. Agency is like the meta-skill, as Jonah seems to have illustrated quite well.
Mr. Franks,
Impressive collections of self-help tips and books. Thank you. Looks like I’ve missed out on a lot of good advice from Bryan. I feel more confident in my previous characterization of him as “somewhat of a self-help guru.”
https://scottgibb.substack.com/p/q-and-a-with-bryan-caplan
Jonah’s great!
I'd also enjoy self-help style books/podcasts from Bryan