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Evolutionary psych professor; wrote some books. Into the deep past & far future, esp. genes, minds, civilizations, sex, freedom, families, & Effective Altruism.

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    1. Geoffrey Miller‏Verified account @primalpoly Oct 23

      One subtext of my 'Spent' book: happy, long-term, pronatalist pair-bonds undermine people's need for runaway consumerism & materialism. To prevent this, advertisers, news, & mass media must work overtime to make the sexes dislike & mistrust each other.pic.twitter.com/4QtaG5WfCG

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    2. Stephen Pimentel‏ @StephenPiment Oct 23
      Replying to @primalpoly

      Is your theory that this is conscious or just selected behavior?

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      Geoffrey Miller‏Verified account @primalpoly Oct 23
      Replying to @StephenPiment

      Good question, and I don't know the answer. Every advertiser knows the best way to sell stuff is to instill feelings of sexual frustration and inadequacy, and presumably they know that happily married people don't feel as frustrated or inadequate....

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        2. ThisUsedToBeMyRealName‏ @NotQuiteLaconic Oct 23
          Replying to @primalpoly @StephenPiment

          It’s both. Advertisers learned through trial and error that tapping into women’s hypergamy and unmoored materialism worked best for selling consumerism, to the point that now women account for 80% of all purchases and now the process is intentional.

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        3. Jody Walbaum‏ @JodyWalbaum Oct 23
          Replying to @NotQuiteLaconic @primalpoly @StephenPiment

          ....and I hate it. Grocery shopping is the worst would eat rather go back to growing my own food, canning and living simple.

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        4. ThisUsedToBeMyRealName‏ @NotQuiteLaconic Oct 23
          Replying to @JodyWalbaum @primalpoly @StephenPiment

          That’s probably a good idea regardless. Just big curiosity what’s your (rough) age bracket and marital/parental status? It’s not been my experience that women are leading the charge against consumerism.

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        5. Jody Walbaum‏ @JodyWalbaum Oct 23
          Replying to @NotQuiteLaconic @primalpoly @StephenPiment

          There are lots of us out here. 40’s 3 kids graduated,1 10 year old living with the love of my life. Rural living with chickens in my yard and my career is a tax consultant!

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        6. ThisUsedToBeMyRealName‏ @NotQuiteLaconic Oct 23
          Replying to @JodyWalbaum @primalpoly @StephenPiment

          Sounds nice. I asked not to attack just curiosity. I suppose there’s a pool of women that aren’t damaged from anti family/consumerist programming but as a mid 20s man it seems incredibly hard to find

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        7. Jody Walbaum‏ @JodyWalbaum Oct 23
          Replying to @NotQuiteLaconic @primalpoly @StephenPiment

          I honestly can’t believe what has happened in a short period of time. Hopefully your gen will be able to pull it back on the road.

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        8. ThisUsedToBeMyRealName‏ @NotQuiteLaconic Oct 23
          Replying to @JodyWalbaum @primalpoly @StephenPiment

          It’s not that women don’t want families - they do. They just want them as late as possible while behaving in ways that harm their chances of getting one. And as a young man I like easy sex but I’ve got one eye to the future as well and can’t easily square that circle.

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        1. Stephen Pimentel‏ @StephenPiment Oct 24
          Replying to @primalpoly

          Advertisers are paid to promote particular goods and services. The question for me is whether they also deliberately pursue longer-term goals, such as changing the character of consumers.

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