The Provider Trap: What Scott Galloway Leaves Out

About this episode

The episode critiques Scott Galloway's framework for young men, emphasizing the importance of interior life and male connection.

In this episode I take Scott Galloway's framework for young men, the provider, protector, procreator model, and make the case that it's necessary but not sufficient. I use Ken Wilber's four-quadrant map to show that the two quadrants Galloway skips, interior life and real male connection, are exactly where the crisis lives. Then I name the two missing pieces that round out his framework and don't replicate the same provider / manbox trap men have been stuck in for ages. Finally I point to the parts of Galloway's own life that have already shown him what he left out of the book. What's your Evolutionary Edge (and blindspot) as a man? Take the free assessment to find out at quiz.evolutionary.men.

People in this episode

Host: Evolutionary Men

Topics covered

• masculinity
• male identity
• personal development
• psychology
• social connection

Keywords

• provider
• protector
• procreator
• crisis
• male connection
• interior life
• framework

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