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Brave Men, Reproductive Effort, Motivation

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Rob Henderson
Nov 04, 2026

Here’s my conversation with journalist Meghan Daum and clinical psychologist Andrew Hartz, Ph.D. on episode 18 of the Open Therapy podcast.

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2 years ago · 133 likes · 28 comments · Rob Henderson

The Only Reading App I Use:

I’ve been using Readwise for more than five years now.

If you follow me on Instagram or Twitter/X, you’ll know I regularly share screenshots like this from books or articles I’ve read:

These screenshots come from my Readwise app.

Readwise aggregates your reading highlights from various sources like Kindle, Apple Books, Substack, Twitter, and so on. It stores your highlights in one place, making it easier to stay on top of your reading.

Each morning, it emails me 8 random excerpts from different books I’ve read. Since 2021, that daily message has been a quiet ritual for me: fragments from books I half‑forgot are resurfaced, like my own past self giving me a tap on the shoulder.

Moreover, when I’m thinking about a particular topic, a quick search pulls up not just my notes but every highlighted Kindle passage I’ve ever saved on the topic.

Exclusive Offer for My Readers

Use this link →  https://readwise.io/robkhenderson/ to try Readwise free for 60 days (double the length of the standard free trial).

I suspect, like me, you’ll wonder how you ever read without it.


Links and recommendations:

  • Does Social Status Run in Families? by Robert VerBruggen

  • Narcissism and the Pursuit of Public Rewards by W. Keith Campbell

  • How psychology’s classic studies misled us about the self by Jack W. Klein and William B. Swann

  • Heterodoxy Isn’t a Constituency by Matthew Shor

  • Our Culture is Rigged: Inside the Conformity Factory by Ted Balaker

  • Thank God for Brave Men by Louise Perry

  • Follow me on Instagram here. The platform is less volatile and more chill than Twitter/X, so I post some spicier excerpts from my readings on my IG stories

  • You can follow me on TikTok here


Three interesting findings:

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