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The "BENEFITS" section suspiciously leaves out the one thing most guys mention when asked why they wanted to become famous: Improving your success in dating. I

• dan-robertson 3y ago
  I think it’s because he says that dating got harder?
  • 2-718-281-828 3y ago
    Tim Ferris is a promoting a healthy life style (at least from his perspective). So, when he talks about dating he means having meaningful romantic experiences. OP probably means having as much sex as possible. If a man has trouble meeting women then becoming famous will not change anything about that issue - but he will be approached more by women who are looking for ego gratification. And that's not the type of women you can have a meaningful experience with. Given that Tim has been suffering from depression for decades I'd assume from own experience that he also had to deal with a romantic handicap for his entire life.
    • trogdor 3y ago
      >Given that Tim has been suffering from depression for decades Based on his blog post 'revealing' that he had being depressed and suicidal, it sure doesn't sound like it. That post describes a one-year period (possibly less), in 1999, that he overcame on his own by taking some time off from work. He then writes that this 'time off' was when he went to Japan and supposedly became a sumo wrestling champion. A therapist? Medication? A call to a help line? Depression that was debilitating or that lasted longer than a few months? Not for Tim Ferris(TM). When I was younger, Tim Ferris was an inspiration. Now, I take everything he says with the most enormous grain of salt imaginable. Tim Ferris is a charlatan. And he is very good at it.
• 2-718-281-828 3y ago
  It's definitely a benefit. But I'd assume it getting old rather quickly for a majority of men. Especially because it narrows down your dating pool to a certain type of woman with a gold digging mentality. Even satisfying sexual desires reliably will mostly just lead to addictive behavior and a resulting depression. It's the same for everything. Sex is like fat or sugar for men. We are programmed to take as much of it as we can - but it won't end well.
• buro9 3y ago
  Those who date you because you're famous aren't high quality matches. There may be an argument that being famous is like being advertised to the widest possible group and that your matches should improve. But the argument I'd make having seen how fame attracts people is that those who manage to get near you appear on the surface to be high quality matches but beneath the surface are low quality matches. Also, stalkers. Do not underestimate these, and remember Shakespeare that what seems foul is fair and what seems fair is foul. There are good reasons famous people date famous people, a kind of mutual safety.
  • expertentipp 3y ago
    Hey doesn't matter, had sex. Being not famous doesn't suddenly attract high quality matches, it doesn't even attract low quality matches. It only attracts financial scammers.
• maccard 3y ago
  Where did you get the information that most guys want to be famous to improve their success in dating? Maybe that's your perceived benefit?
  • 2-718-281-828 3y ago
    90% of what 90% of men are doing is motivated by the hope to have more sex with more women.
    • capableweb 3y ago
      Probably 90% of the lonely men that spend too much time on the internet, are motivated by sex. But for the at large population, many things motivate them, not just sex. Or maybe you're sitting on some fool-proof research you have yet to share, that proves this theory of yours?
      • SideburnsOfDoom 3y ago
        Right. It's like saying "90% of what people who can't make rent do is motivated by getting money", or "over 90% of what starving people do is motivated by getting food". There's a hierarchy of needs, and met needs are not that important any more. i.e. "money is only important if you don't have any" applies to most things, not just money. Of course also, the "need for fame" is not universal. When taken to extremes, it may even be a pathological outlier. As is the need for lots of attention from large numbers of potential sexual partners. As is the need for the second billion dollars.
    • anonzzzies 3y ago
      That seems unlikely, especially when getting older, but sure, there are enough men who have that obsession. What is often easier for this goal than getting famous, is to make sure you build some wealth fast and then move to a place on earth where you are considered rich. Easier than getting famous without the drama of getting famous.
    • hammyhavoc 3y ago
      Citation for the stat?
• oifjsidjf 3y ago
  He states it clearly in the article: because many women will use the law against to you try an extort money from you. It's well known that the court is heavily biased towards women in any "man vs women" case.