The Book of Numbers: Analyzing the ROI on the Pursuit of Women

by Aaron Clarey

The world economy and it’s entire, historic economic production has been fueled by one thing and one thing only – sex. Specifically, men’s desire to have sex with young and beautiful females. It’s not specifically female youth and beauty per se, as much as it is the fertility these things signal. But make no mistake about, female youth and beauty has powered the world economy since the beginning of time. And men are the economic engines that run on it.

Consequently, in their pursuit of women, men have not only produced nearly every penny of GDP, but have created nearly every technological innovation in the history of the world. They’ve built civilizations from the ground up. Cured diseases through amazing medical advances. Laid incredible multi-trillion dollar transportation and communications infrastructures. And it isn’t even these great, Herculean achievements of man, as much as it is the daily grind billions of men today and in the past went through to attract a wife and support a family. From waking up in the morning, to going to school, to suffering a commute, to working overtime, to hitting the gym, to majoring in STEM, to going to war, even to the granular level of choosing which shirt to buy or what car to finance, nearly all of a man’s post-pubescent life is directly or indirectly dedicated towards the pursuit of women. And if there were no women, $90 trillion in global GDP and $360 trillion in wealth would simply disappear overnight. And the army of 50 billion men who’ve existed on this planet would never have produced the $3 quadrillion in total historic GDP that built society. Without female youth and beauty, humanity would simply not exist.

But there is an opposite side to this total, historical, global GDP coin. Because while society screams bloody murder over wealth and income gaps between the sexes, nobody asks how all this economic production, let alone these financial disparities, came about. And while men no doubt out-earn women and own the lion’s share of global wealth, it is only because for every penny of GDP a man’s labor was put into it. That for every technological innovation, a man paid a price in terms of time, effort, toil, and mental energy. And the $90 trillion in global GDP we see today is not just cryptically “the total economic production of the world,” but can also be viewed as the total price men pay for their pursuit of women.

And this essay asks just one simple question – “Is it worth it?”

To date no serious economic analysis has been conducted on what is nothing short of the most important economic question facing men. And since men will likely account for the majority of economic production and technical innovation in the future, this also makes it the most important economic question facing the world. However, while the economic ramifications of men's pursuit of women are truly global, this essay has no grandiose ideas of convincing the world, let alone the economics profession, about the importance of whether it's in men's best interests to continue this pursuit. It only cares about the individual man reading this essay and whether the pursuit of women is personally worth it to him. In that regard this essay aims to inform the reader about the real mathematical chances of success he faces in the pursuit of women, as well as the modern day risks, so that he may make an informed economic decision as to how he best invests his life. It also aims to align the reader's expectations with reality so his life is not ruined by delusion or hope, both of which have ruined millions of lives in the past. But in short, this essay is nothing less than the most important cost-benefit analysis any man will read, which makes it mandatory reading for any man who wishes to take his life seriously.

And I most certainly hope you do because you only get one of them.

Genres: Nonfiction, Relationships, Self Help, Economics, Psychology, Audiobook, Womens

110 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 5, 2020

About the author

Aaron Clarey is an American blogger, author, and financial consultant.

A self-described "asshole", he is known for his critical view of the U.S. system of higher education, as well as his disdain for feminism.

Reviews

[Mike · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aaron Clarey is my new author crush. I've been binge reading and combining with watching some of his YouTube content.

As an older guy, twice married, with a "surprise" child I can verify the numbers Aaron has calculated. This book is a must read, as is the rest of Aaron's body of work.

The cold hard truth of the numbers will burst the bubble of many people's view of how the world works. Disney and all the other indoctrination sources paint a very rosy picture of how the world should work, and deludes many into thinking these fairy tales are how things actually work. The facts and figures Aaron presents shines the cold harsh light of reality on how things really work.

Live in blissful ignorance and suffer the horrific consequences, or pay attention and see reality.

This book could have saved my life when I was 20.

If you're a young unmarried man you must read this book.

[Keith · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a must ASAP read for men out there because in reality I knew a lot of what was mentioned but I thought it was a little dark with out knowing the numbers. Knowing the numbers now the situation is pitch black. I am not even joking about it either. I knew dating Apps were a waste of time and women used them as a attention and validation seeking. When I learned the average time men spend on dating Apps and so forth the ROI is woah so low. I already knew you had probably hundreds of simps messaging these women already putting your chances low in finding a connection. The average man spends 85 mins a day on dating apps. In my opinion that is too much knowing these numbers and men should be focusing on themselves to become better men. I know a lot of men are shy or socially awkward but really face to face is the only way today to make an impression and also you have to do this with multiple women also. I don’t want to give the entire book away but those some key facts there which I hope interest you to read this book. There is 24 hours in a day. You sleep for 7 hours or more. You go to work which 8 hours or 12 hours for some. Then you are going in invest your time virtually swiping right on profiles which may be real or not but chances are if they are real the woman will have no interest in you. My advice is work on yourself and become better. Be an interesting person interest, hobbies and the more you do these things you will develop a natural charisma. Aaron’s book is on point and a ASAP to read for single guys out there. Stop wasting your time on women and focus on yourselves. if you build it meaning you, women will come in the end. Then at least you will be spoiled for choice.

[Samuel Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Clarity Men Need About Women

This book gives a real hard look at the reality men face when it comes to women in today’s modern day.
Awesome read, and tangible look at what a man should do

[Rick Armstead · Rating 5 out of 5]

Intriguing and Insightful (even though it is a short book that can be read in a day)

He correctly identifies how Feminism and the Democratic party have hurt the modern woman by lying to them and telling them what they want to hear.

Life is far easier for women from 14 to 29. Women are not in a competition with men but with other women for the best men. During this time women in this youthful category have an easy time gaining the attention of high value men. However after 29, these women now must compete with the next crop of young women and are at a significant disadvantage.

I have daughters and I am glad that they have this information now before they leave this youthful period; this is their time to maximize their chances for love.

Mr. Clarey does an excellent job of explaining how men who want a loving relationship must level up and enter the top twenty percent of men.

[Edmond · Rating 5 out of 5]

Too much truth in this book. Another MGTOW man, speaking the hard truths about modern women. We men get nothing from modern women. All men need to focus on ourselves, focus on excellence not women. The ROI of modern women, we men get nothing from modern women. Applying economics or mathematics or numbers to the dating market, we men pay with our entire life, in return we get nothing, 0% return. Without a woman in my life, I have everything, my life, my future is limitless. Travel, lifting weights, learning another language, moving to another country, reading as many books as possible. Peace, quiet and freedom. MGTOW for life, the only way to live for any modern man.

[Ala · Rating 2 out of 5]

From the first few pages after the author openly confessed his looking down on social science research I realized that this will be a stiff book of statistics and half baked conclusions.

According to the author, in addition to sex makes the world go round, women spoiled by the modern internet and media brain washing a regular Joe is better saving his money and enjoy his life instead of spending it on women and chasing a mirage of a happy marriage.

I agree that the relationship dynamics between the sexes had changed, but I think it's more complicated and complex than simply trying to statistically answer the question: is it worth getting married and can it make you happy!?!

Instead of wasting the time reading this book I highly recommend reading Love Is Not Enough by Mark Manson.

[Nash Sooranna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book written for men by the best and most lovable a-hole in the world, Aaron Clarey. If I could chose to sip on a whisky and smoke a cigar with anyone right now, it'd be him. And if you do read this book, please read it to the last chapter, because just like in the Greek myth of Pandora's box, this last chapter is the 'hope' that could be stuck in the box when humanity finally plugged it. This last chapter will tell you why regardless of how hopeless the possibility of meeting an engaging soul is, the answer to a fulfilling life resides in becoming the best version of the man you ought to be, in the pursuit of your excellent self, women shall be found on the way...

[Adi · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars
First few chapters were just statistics. Book justifies it's name.
I liked only the last part of the book.

[Kyle · Rating 5 out of 5]

SPOILER ALERT: It's negative! 😜

[Петър Стойков · Rating 3 out of 5]

Всеки знае, че за да се занимаваш с жени си трябват пари (освен ако не си наркоман, наркопласьор, сводник, гаражен пънк-музикант, беден, страдащ поет или някакъв подобен отпадък, към които много жени имат неувяхваща любов).

За да сваляш жени, да ходиш по срещи, да излизаш вечер по клубове, да имаш сериозна приятелка и да се ожениш и да живееш с жена си и накрая да се разведеш, се иска да плащаш за почти всичко. Е, не толкова много у нас, колкото в САЩ, но все пак...

Aaron Clarey е икономист и има една-две сравнително добри книги и се е заел да изчисли колко възвръщаема е инвестицията, която средният мъж прави, за да общува и живее с жени през живота си. Сметката се трупа доста голяма, особено с традицията в САЩ много жени да не работят, а да са само домакини, както и съдебната практика при развода в подобни семейства всички пари и собственост да се дели на две и на жената да се присъжда и издръжка...

Ние не сме САЩ, но все пак сметките са отрезвяващи за всеки, черпил някоя патка цяла вечер, за да си тръгне накрая сам и да се здрависва със собствената си патка като се прибере ;) Извод - не се занимавайте с коври.

[Stanley · Rating 3 out of 5]

You will appreciate the effort the author makes for the concept in this book.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? I cant help but feel that the empirical portion of this book was stained with what is an obvious sociopolitical bias that the author puts readily on display. I think what he has to say and has researched is important. However once he interjects his colorful opinions rather than letting the data he gathered speak more for itself, i feel that i am being convinced or persuaded into a worldview than having him lead me to what the world actually is. My point is that these stats and the realities outlined in this book COULD be spot on or very close to the truth. But the author’s commentary degrades his credibility. At the end of the book, i think to myself “interesting.... but is it BS?” I would I have appreciated the book more if i was told more about what the author knows and less about what the author thinks. None the less I appreciate his effort On behalf of men everywhere

[Richard King · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good to have stats behind the reality

Most of these things you can see in action around you from family, friends and work mates. It is not hidden but it seems for some are blinded by the myth or fairlytale only to turn into a horror movie.
Rather spend the time, money and effort on you improving and exploring having the best lifestyle that you want for your self as that is the most important person.

[FrancescoInari · Rating 2 out of 5]

A superficial and biased take on relationships and their cost.
Most of the points made are really arguable and clearly there to give the impression that looking for a partner is nothing more than a loss of money, with arbitrary deal breakers like "she has too many tatoos!" or "she picked a non-stem major!".
It's interesting for the underlying theme of analyzing relationships via the lens of economy, but not much more than that.

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

The data portions of this book make for an interesting read.
Certainly take it with a pinch of salt, though. It's heavily politicised and the author incorrectly uses the stereotypical 1950's stay-at-home housewife as the benchmark for what all men should be looking for in a good spouse.

[Cory Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great insight to put yourself in the best position to attract women.

[Radoslav · Rating 4 out of 5]

Herpes nie je primárne sexuálne prenosná choroba. Veľa štatistiky, ale neverím jej úplne.

[Phil Sutton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Harsh and realistic

Good essay covering the statistics of finding a worthy woman while giving advice on self improvement. Quick and easy read

[Maher Razouk · Rating 5 out of 5]

خذ لحظة للنظر من نافذتك. انظر إلى كل ما تراه في أمامك . المباني ، والطرق ، والخطوط الكهربائية ، والسيارات ، والطائرة في السماء ، والأراضي ذات المناظر الطبيعية ، والنافذة التي تنظر منها. كل شيء كما ترى ، ربما باستثناء السماء نفسها ، لمست يد الإنسان. لقد تم إنفاق العمل البشري بطريقة أو بأخرى لتشكيل وخلق كل ما هو أمامك تقريبًا.
ومع ذلك ، فإن هذه الجدارية المذهلة للإنتاج الاقتصادي لم تحدث بنفسها. المنازل والسيارات والطائرات واللقاحات لم تكن فقط لتخلق من فراغ. كان لابد من وجود سبب لظهور كل هذا الإنتاج الاقتصادي إلى الوجود. والسبب في ذلك هو الجنس.

هنا يجب أن نقبل حقيقة مزعجة عن الطبيعة. شكلت تلك الطبيعة الجنسين من الذكور والإناث لأدوار محددة للغاية حتى يتمكن الجنس البشري من البقاء والازدهار. أعطت الطبيعة المرأة القدرة على إنجاب الأطفال ، وكذلك الثدي لإطعامهم. بينما أعطت الرجال القوة الجسدية والعدوانية والكتلة ليس فقط لإعالة نسائهم وأطفالهم ، بل لحمايتهم أيضًا. ومع ذلك ، فقد وفرت الطبيعة أيضًا للجنسين شيئًا من شأنه أن يمنعهم من الاكتظاظ السكاني - الدافع الجنسي غير المتوازن.

الرجال لديهم الدافع الجنسي (يقدر بـ) 9 مرات أكثر من النساء ، في حين أن النساء ... ليسوا كذلك. وهذا الاختلاف يمنع الجميع من تربية الأطفال الذين لا يستطيعون تحمل تكلفتهم لأنه إذا كان لدى النساء نفس الدافع الجنسي للرجال ، فإن الجنس البشري سيتفوق على إمداداته الغذائية في غضون أسبوع. ولكن هناك أيضًا فائدة إضافية لمثل هذه الدوافع الجنسية غير المتطابقة. لأنه في إجبار الرجال على تلبية المعايير الدقيقة والأعلى التي تتطلبها النساء لممارسة الجنس ، فإنه ذلك يدفعهم على الدخول في سباق تسلح تطوري للمنافسة الدائمة وتحسين الذات. والحمد لله على ذلك ، لأنه بدون الدافع الجنسي القوي وأخلاقيات العمل المتناسبة معه ، لا شيء على الإطلاق مما تراه اليوم سيكون موجودًا.
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Aaron Clarey
The Book Of Numbers
Translated By #Maher_Razouk

[Brandon Galindo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very thorough

A very thorough analysis on the dating prospects for the average American man pursuing American women, and likely throughout the Western world today let alone the future. More importantly, despite the bleak prospects, the solution is very clearly outlined, whether you end up with "The One" or not.

Honestly wasn't going to read it because I know the reality and the answer; only started to pass the time. But even with the on the ground experience and research behind me, it was a worthwhile read.

[Charlie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Though the author acknowledges that the data used is questionable and imprecise, he proceeds to make very specific estimates using said data. I think the book would have been more convincing if it had stuck with larger ballpark ranges or guesstimates. That said, I found the idea of framing the pursuit of women in terms of ROI to be quite valuable. Most of us don't consider the massive amount of resources that we put into the pursuit of women, so it was enlightening to be pushed to think this way.

[Jonathon Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

You find yourself using the phrase, "No significant statical difference" as a side effect of reading this book.

[Nasos Psarrakos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid book. Not many actionables though.

[Peter Adams · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was downright awful.
And this is coming from someone who typically enjoys red-pill literature.

It's not so much the arrogance, the tinge of resentment, or pseudo-intellectual cockiness that made me dislike this book so much, but rather it is the fundamental flaws in its "axioms," its constant contradictions, and ambiguity of purpose. The author had no idea what he wanted with his book, had nothing really to convey, and it was just a wasted of time listening to him flex his economical analysis skills and hundreds of witty ways to point out the problems of modern women. This is more of a rant than anything else.

The book begins by asking the reader to look out the window and see all the buildings, cars, roads, and bridges. He says everything that we see is because of sex. Men built society because they want sex. Basically, the only reason we do anything, our only source of motivation, according to the author, is so we can get laid.

OK, fair enough. I don't agree. But let's read on.

Then he goes on to describe how it's a waste of time, money, and stress to bother with women and at the end of the book, he suggests men chase "excellence," a great life, instead. Completely forgetting that he said that our only motivation to do so is to get laid.

In other words, he shouldn't spend time chasing women but chasing a great life, which is the same thing as chasing women, just indirectly. This is nothing new. This is the same mentality as men who build everything you see out of the window. The author isn't coming up with anything novel here.

He says "Focus on having a great life and if a nice girl stumbles on, well, all the better." How does this fit into the idea that "The world economy and it's [its] entire, historic economic production has been fueled by one thing and one thing only – sex"?

Contradictions like these are plentiful. He says that if a man doesn't bother with spending so much money trying to attract women, getting married, and dealing with divorce, and instead investing in index funds, he could accumulate 4-6 million USD from saving during his years as an adult.

At the same time, he criticizes modern society for pushing women again the values of family, marriage, and love.

First, he dismisses the enterprise of the family, of trying to meet women, getting married, and raising children, as implicitly saying it's not "economically worth it," and then gives "women" shit for not caring about family anymore. lol

He says pursuing women on Tinder is a waste of time, yet advocates using online dating and removing the location filter to match with as many women as possible. *shrug*

Throughout the book, he explains what the odds are for an average man to be happily married. He says that by each "encounter" say, he asks a woman out for a date, it is something like a 0.002% chance of them being happily married, based on statistics which has filtered out all the women that aren't compatible with him which means they don't have tattoos and are not democrats.

I immediately knew the caliber of the author when he said that men have 9x higher sex drives than women, (which is false) and then explains it by saying the reason women have lower sex drives is so that the human race doesn't run out of food because of too high of a population. (which is ridiculous, I am sorry.)

Seems like the dismissed cold approach pickup at some points, whereas in others places he advocates that "asking 100 girls out a year drastically increases your chances of finding your unicorn."

I have no idea what the author actually thinks or advocates. I can't really criticize him other than his contradictions.

If I were to give him the benefit of the doubt I would say I agree with him that it sucks to be an average man. And yes, the average frustrated chode is spending cash on women thinking it will get him some. Average men should stop swiping on tinder fighting for scraps and instead become outstanding in their own right. And yes, it's a good idea to become a better man. Get in shape, dress better, learn to wink, etc, etc...

But, so? Everyone knew this. What was the point of your analysis of the ROI of women? What was the point of the looong discussion of coming to abysmal low numbers of potential marriage partners other than the self-gratifying activity of mentally filtering out undesirable women, rejecting masses of women in your head? Does that make you feel better? If not, I don't see what value there was to any of the "economic analysis."

The author started off with a grandiose mission, since all economics is based on sex, what is the return on investment chasing it? The question, unfortunately, is self-defeating. He says the only reason why bridges exist is because of sex drive. And then he advocates that we should just become great bridge-builders for its own sake. Which, again, is contradictory to the central statement of the book.

It's hard to conclude a review of the book because it had no coherence.

[Serena Mello · Rating 2 out of 5]

The premise of the book is very valuable. Men should ponder this question at many points of their lives: What are my chances to find a decent woman and how much resources am I spending on this endeavor?

On the first part of the book, the author tries to calculate how likely is to find a woman who agrees to marry you and for said marriage to be a happy one.

The methodology is terribly laughable. This dude considers every liberal woman unfit to be wife material, also women with "shit degrees". This is clearly a huge exaggeration: Many degrees that would be included here like nursing or education are great professions for caring women who would make great mothers; also, not all liberal women are the devil, I know, shocking. He also forgets to account for correlated variables at certain points.
This dude then proceeds to "calculate" the probability that a random encounter between two singles results in a marriage, it turns out to be extremely fucking low (as in a couple of zeroes after the period). At this point any serious researcher would put his theory to rest because clearly the marriage industry is still alive in the real world, proving his numbers plain wrong; but not our hero, he perseveres in writing shit!
Long story short, he concludes that the average Joe has more chances of dying by a thunderstruck than to happily marrying the golden hoe.

For anyone not living in a cave, these numbers are obviously wrong, but it is pretty clear this book is intended for (and probably his audience consists of) fat neckbeards who bought this "book" for the thrill of hearing the same MGTOW shit for the eleventh time this week. Hell, the author even admits he thinks traveling is lame. You can't take life advice from some poor soul like this.

The best of the book is when he analyzes how much resources men put into pursuing women. The analysis is short, but simply laying out numbers for this is extremely valuable. Its also great he talks about opportunity costs and the hidden costs of being around women. Being around these beings is dangerous: men face financial, emotional and total ruin. This is something that can't be stressed enough. Think very well about who you marry, since that woman holds your life in her hands.

The dating scene is terrible right now, but not as bad as this grifter would like you to believe. Remember Jurassic Park: life finds a way... and for life to find a way, attraction must find a way...

The format of the book is awful, the font is horrid, the woman on the cover seems to have a dick; zero effort. Way to steal from virgins, Aaron.

[Steve · Rating 5 out of 5]

"The Book of Numbers: Analyzing the ROI on the Pursuit of Women" by Aaron Clarey is a controversial book that attempts to provide a mathematical analysis of the dating game. The author, who is a blogger, author, and financial consultant, argues that men should approach dating as a business transaction and use a cost-benefit analysis to determine whether pursuing a woman is worth the investment.

The book is divided into several chapters, each of which focuses on a different aspect of the dating game. The first chapter provides an overview of the author's approach and explains how he uses numbers to analyze the dating market. The second chapter discusses the importance of physical attractiveness and how it affects a man's chances of success. The third chapter focuses on the importance of social status and how it can be leveraged to increase a man's attractiveness. The fourth chapter discusses the importance of money and how it can be used to attract women. The fifth chapter provides a step-by-step guide to the author's approach, which he calls "The Strategy." The final chapter provides a summary of the book's main points and offers some final thoughts.

While the book is well-written and provides some interesting insights into the dating game, it is also highly controversial. Many readers have criticized the author's approach, arguing that it reduces women to mere commodities and ignores the emotional and psychological aspects of dating. Others have criticized the book for promoting a toxic and misogynistic view of relationships.

Overall, "The Book of Numbers: Analyzing the ROI on the Pursuit of Women" is a thought-provoking book that is sure to spark debate and controversy. While some readers may find the author's approach to be offensive or misguided, others may find it to be a useful tool for navigating the complex world of dating. Ultimately, whether or not you agree with the author's approach, this book is sure to provide some interesting insights into the dating game and the factors that influence our romantic decisions.

[Diego Barragán Guerrero · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aaron Clarey's The Book of Numbers offers a suggestive exploration of the intersection between economics and human relationships, mainly focusing on modern men's challenges in pursuing women. The author asserts that societal changes, including the rise of feminism and online dating, have fundamentally altered traditional dynamics. Clarey describes this transformation, noting, "This massive, nearly incomprehensible economic miracle you are witnessing outside your window is due to one group of people and one group of people only – men. And it was a transaction that incentivized men to make and build nearly everything on the planet – sex for resources". Through this lens, Clarey frames the pursuit of women as both a biological drive and a costly economic gamble.

One of the book's central themes is the critical return on investment (ROI) for men in relationships. Clarey presents data and anecdotes to argue that modern relationships often involve high emotional, financial, and psychological costs with little guarantee of fulfillment. He starkly warns, "You effectively stand NO CHANCE at being happy in your pursuit of women. AND that pursuit will cost you EVERYTHING in life". Such a sharp critique challenges traditional romantic ideals and encourages men to prioritize self-improvement over the chase for fleeting validation from women.

In its conclusion, The Book of Numbers pivots to a more empowering message, urging men to focus on personal excellence and intellectual growth. Clarey advises, "The only course of action men have in life is to be the best man they can possibly be." By shifting the focus from external validation to self-development, Clarey suggests that men can improve their lives and paradoxically increase their chances of meaningful relationships. While controversial in its tone and approach, the book is a thought-provoking manifesto on modern masculinity and the economics of human connection.

[Mike Harding · Rating 2 out of 5]

If the dating game is as bleak as Mr Carey states, right thinking men and women should stop playing and create a new game. Display a higher standard, require a higher standard, teach and encourage better behaviour. We need not be doomed to wallow in the mire!

I was left with the impression that the book displayed or somewhat encouraged self pity. The facts of reality are that people indulge their base desired too much and for too long. To take one example of the supposed 40% of women that are single mothers before 35. The main reason for this is surely an indulgence of pleasure with low regard for outcome, from both parties. These women were at some point without kids, they got in to a relationship, got pregnant and had a child, only to later split up with the father. These couples are then equally responsible for their own downfalls and subsequent struggle to find partners in future life. If they had grown up quicker, accepted responsility sooner, and worked at the relationship they may still be together, to the benefit of everyone.
I think the book is based on a week premise that happy marriage is something you find, it isn't. It is hard won and a hell of a lot of ongoing work.
The lesson this book reinforced was that everybody nowadays seems to be wanting an easy ride. From a male perspective a better lesson might be to prepare to grow, become more resilient, sacrifice your individual self and become more than either you or your bank balance could ever hope to be.
Accountancy has no place in relationships.

[Troy D · Rating 5 out of 5]

The young man’s Bible 📖 for understanding women and how to live a fulfilling life in the 21st century.

I wish I read this when I turned 18- I would’ve chased excellence instead of women. That is what makes you attractive to them.

Obviously, the book has a ton of data and statistics- which makes it easier for a man to digest.

One that stood out was that even the most attractive guys on the planet only close between 10-20% of the time.

Knowing that, it makes it easier in my mind to approach because if a women turns me down, I already know success is rare with them to begin with.

But if you approach 100 / year and close with 10-20% of them, that actually sounds pretty good to me. 20 /mates a year will easily get you where you want to be with girls.

A must read for any guy struggling to understand why the dating scene is what it is and how to significantly increase your chances of success with females.

Its a quick read - no excuse! Get it on Audible if you want to listen to it in the car.

I also recommend WHY WOMEN DESERVE LESS by Myron Ganes and to watch “The Rational Male” and “Fresh & Fit” podcast on YouTube.

Those podcasts dive deep into how capitalism, feminism, and modern inventions have changed women- some for the better and worse.

Die or grow brother. You either adapt to the current situation or you will be childless and not find love. Women are not going back to the 20th century.

[Q · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found Aaron Clarey through a YouTube video where he discussed student loans forgiveness. I agreed with his take on the issue and watched some of his other videos. He's definitely harsh, but I agree with much of what he says and think that people would be better off if they followed his advice particularly that around education, debt, and career.

Now to this book, it was an extremely quick and easy read. That said, I think it is not really that useful as all of the numbers he uses are estimates based on hyper-extrapolated data. I think there is some value in his lesson that dating and marriage are a losing game for most men, but also found his experiment and formula to be an example of pseudo-intellectualism used to confirm the bias he, and likely the vast majority of his readers, already hold.

I would not recommend this book, but it wasn't so bad that I'm going to not read another book by him or watch his videos again if there is a topic of interest to me.

[Dreaming Though Awake · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review of
"The Book of Numbers: Analyzing the ROI on the Pursuit of Women"
by Aaron Clarey

Ok , first of all , NO , this is not a guidebook on how to hookup with women.
Idk y the author chose that for his bookcover. Clickbait, maybe ?
Anyway this book is about using statistics to find the possibility of an average man ending up in a happy marriage till death.

It was a short but great book , tho extremely depressing at parts.

My only consolation is that this book is meant for Western men and things aren't so bad in India...... yet.

Unfortunately the same social dysfunctions wrecking the West are rearing thier ugly heads here too , esp among my class of ppl , so there's a moderate chance I might be fucked too....
And unless things change drastically within my lifetime, my children are almost definitely fucked .

Elon Musk better come up with a material robotic manifestation for Waifu/Husbando Grok soon.

So yeah I rate this book 5/5 stars.