I had really really crappy parents right and they were crappy in a very specific way like no one beat me my parents didn't sexually abuse me. There was an immense amount of neglect and an emotional abandonment not literal physical abandonment but although there was some of that. I felt very abandoned unsafe and neglected right as a kid so that that creates a hole Right all that trauma all that that um trauma is what it is it creates a hole"
Tucker Max is a writer and entrepreneur.
In this conversation, we spoke about why Tucker wanted to get famous, his emotional abandonment, why Tucker is always early on trends (like writing on the internet, Austin, and now psychedelics), what it’s like to raise children, and the moment he thought he was going to die.
(0:00) Intro
(3:12) Starting Journey At 27
(6:33) Academia Is A Scam
(18:00) Best Dressed Professions Feel Worse
(19:38) Getting Famous
(30:50) Tucker’s Emotional Abandonment
(35:07) The Moment Tucker Thought He Was Going To Die
(38:33) Why Did Tucker Face His Issues?
(44:22) Body, Mind, Soul, Gut
(47:00) Thinking + Feeling
(54:49) Why Are Younger People Waking Up?
(59:22) Why Is Tucker Always Early?
(1:04:55) Raising Children
(1:24:56) Poopy Daddy
(1:28:39) Lying About Santa
(1:31:21) God
(1:48:02) It’s Going To Get Better For Young Men
(1:53:55) Challenge
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/TuckerMax
Website: https://tuckermax.com/
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