Interview · moment 15 of 26
Men Retreating into the Digital World and Alienation
from #249 - Jordan Peterson | The Tim Dillon Show · #249
2 min
Guest
Tim asks whether men retreating into video games and digital life instead of marriage, family, and property ownership contributes to alienation and violence.
- 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