Interview · moment 15 of 26

Men Retreating into the Digital World and Alienation

from #249 - Jordan Peterson | The Tim Dillon Show · #249

2 min

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Tim asks whether men retreating into video games and digital life instead of marriage, family, and property ownership contributes to alienation and violence.

In this bit4 moments
  • Men and women retreating into the digital world and becoming less socialized, potentially away from traditional social structures like marriage, family, and property ownership
  • Men not participating in traditional social structures report feeling alienated and disenfranchised, which often leads to negative pathologies
  • Tim is asked whether he encourages traditional commitments—marriage, family, manifesting the life you want—as a way to point men in the right direction
  • The question of whether digital spheres are a real problem because people can escape into them instead of building real-world connections

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