I didn't really like the article.
Any time someone starts using the term "ego" in a loose manner, it makes me chuckle. It's a very oversimplified way of making sense of the human self. In truth, we have multiple self states that get activated at different times. There's really no such thing as the "ego" in my opinion. It's really just a construct. It's also a way of dis-associating from your own self and a way to view it as something separate, even evil. I believe we have a sense of self, and that the self is good. In buddhism, they turn the hindu concept of self on its head and instead espouse the view of "no-self" or anatta. I disagree with this. Buddhism is really a slave mentality when you boil it down. It's a denunciation of the real world, for a fantasy. Similar to Christianity.
I'm much more of a fan of the pagan way of viewing the world.
To even try and disentangle the social recognition component from the intrinsic pleasure component is not all that possible, and not really that relevant. It only seems relevant if you're banging unattractive or average women. We are such group oriented creatures that damn near everything we do has social repercussions and implications. Most celebrities I've read about don't say they get tired of fucking the hottest women in the world. I'm sure it was more exciting when they first became famous. Sure, bragging about it is an added bonus, but even if though many of them have to keep quiet about it (like politicians) they still fuck high end escorts all the time.
For men, we of course want to have many sexual partners, especially if our self esteem is low, because our society tells men that that is one component of being a true man. It also helps us fulfill a biological goal of inseminating as many women as possible.
But in Roosh's article he talks about wanting have sex with many new girls as though this was only to feed the ego, even though there is a mountain of evolutionary evidence to point towards it being an inborn habit.
Likewise, as far as pleasure is concerned, the anticipation of reward itself releases dopamine. In fact, getting what you want is many times not as good as the anticipation of getting what you want.
I definitely agree that fucking average or "okay" chicks out of insecurity is not a long term strategy, though before I hit 50 notches I did it a number of times.
Once you hit a certain notch count, you don't feel that insecurity anymore and no longer feel compelled to lower your standard for the sake of notches.
Any time someone starts using the term "ego" in a loose manner, it makes me chuckle. It's a very oversimplified way of making sense of the human self. In truth, we have multiple self states that get activated at different times. There's really no such thing as the "ego" in my opinion. It's really just a construct. It's also a way of dis-associating from your own self and a way to view it as something separate, even evil. I believe we have a sense of self, and that the self is good. In buddhism, they turn the hindu concept of self on its head and instead espouse the view of "no-self" or anatta. I disagree with this. Buddhism is really a slave mentality when you boil it down. It's a denunciation of the real world, for a fantasy. Similar to Christianity.
I'm much more of a fan of the pagan way of viewing the world.
To even try and disentangle the social recognition component from the intrinsic pleasure component is not all that possible, and not really that relevant. It only seems relevant if you're banging unattractive or average women. We are such group oriented creatures that damn near everything we do has social repercussions and implications. Most celebrities I've read about don't say they get tired of fucking the hottest women in the world. I'm sure it was more exciting when they first became famous. Sure, bragging about it is an added bonus, but even if though many of them have to keep quiet about it (like politicians) they still fuck high end escorts all the time.
For men, we of course want to have many sexual partners, especially if our self esteem is low, because our society tells men that that is one component of being a true man. It also helps us fulfill a biological goal of inseminating as many women as possible.
But in Roosh's article he talks about wanting have sex with many new girls as though this was only to feed the ego, even though there is a mountain of evolutionary evidence to point towards it being an inborn habit.
Likewise, as far as pleasure is concerned, the anticipation of reward itself releases dopamine. In fact, getting what you want is many times not as good as the anticipation of getting what you want.
I definitely agree that fucking average or "okay" chicks out of insecurity is not a long term strategy, though before I hit 50 notches I did it a number of times.
Once you hit a certain notch count, you don't feel that insecurity anymore and no longer feel compelled to lower your standard for the sake of notches.