Love this.

Me gustó Denver me que esperaba. Pero ahora me están castigando con un vuelo de Aeroméxico lleno de toda la fresada mexicana regresando de Aspen y Vail. ¿Por qué se portan así? 🙄

Señorxs, Denise Maerker explicando la polarización con enorme claridad.

Four years later, I’m still interested.

We and American Institute for Boys and Men hosted an event yesterday about the evidence base and policy options of online sports betting and issued a call for new research. As states continue to legalize, it's important they understand the full ramifications. A thread of some of what I learned. 1/n🧵

Governor Gavin Newsom issued an EO today to help address the mental health crisis impacting boys and young men in his state. AIBM President Richard V. Reeves joins him on his podcast to discuss these issues and more: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/and…

We claim to be more popular and better-looking than our peers. But we underestimate how much they like us and how attractive they find us. Oddly, we think we’re hot and yet assume that others find us ugly. open.substack.com/pub/davidsasak…

Legal sports betting in Massachusetts raised $90M in taxes in '23, UMass Amherst finds. But MA bettors lost $450M that year and few jobs have been created. When you factor in health costs, reduced discretionary spending, & the toll of more young ppl gambling ... Is it worth it?

This is brilliant.

“The digital world has weaponized male vulnerabilities, exploiting them with precision. From the dopamine rush of online sports betting to the endless scroll of porn and OnlyFans; the lure of “get rich quick” schemes to manipulative scammers, big tech has built a machine that

Increasingly, every person in America will be faced with an important choice about what AI does for society.

Why don’t friends ask what I’m watching on YouTube? We spend so much time there, yet it’s like a secret.

Big news from American Institute for Boys and Men ! New project on Boys and Men Online led by David Sasaki. As he writes: “Don’t expect all doom, gloom, and dystopia. We believe technology holds real promise to help boys and men become our best selves … if we design, use, and regulate it with intention.”

This seems like it would be a welcome shift. Less worry about AI robots extincting humans and more about online gambling and addictive apps seems right to me.

My American Institute for Boys and Men colleague Anders Knospe just published his first roundup of the latest research, policy developments, and commentary about the digital lives of young men. This week's edition features Dr. Zac Seidler, Jonathan D. Cohen, Isaac, Ed Button, and more. I hope you'll

The rise of AI slop might just break the internet, says Noelle Perdue. And maybe that’s what we need to start connecting again in person. youtu.be/9eqMXBwWtkA?si… “what everybody is ultimately looking for is some type of connection. And the Internet is giving us that less and

AI can help sportsbooks fine-tune their odds. It can also figure out when users are most likely to place bigger or riskier bets, pinpoint who's prone to making bad ones and target them with ads at their most vulnerable moments, says David Sasaki. axios.com/2025/12/14/spo…

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Five years after the COVID fears of a social and emotional recession among young people, how concerned should we be about the adoption of AI companions? And what is the best scenario? menonline.org/p/the-best-cas…

Sports betting can be a fun, occasional hobby or a compulsion, leaving young men in financial distress. The solutions to ensure it's the former, not the latter, are technically straightforward if politically messy. Read our new report co-authored by Isaac &