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  • The Book of Numbers

  • Analyzing the ROI on the Pursuit of Women
  • Written by: Aaron Clarey
  • Narrated by: Kevin Sapp
  • Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (86 ratings)

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The Book of Numbers

Written by: Aaron Clarey
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The world economy and its 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, 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 multitrillion 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 wives and support families. 

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, and 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 toward 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.

©2020 Aaron Clarey (P)2020 Aaron Clarey

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amazing

one of the best books I've listened to. right to thr point and makes sense on every level.

well done 👏🏻

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Sad but true

Sadly as much as I find it shocking it has many observations which hold true

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Eye opening numbers

It made me realize that their not necessarily something wrong with me. Although something wrong with society as to why I don’t have success. Although makes me realize I have to stride for excellence in order to stand out from crowd and to acquire what I’m searching for.
Although now I don’t feel bad as to why I haven’t acquired yet and prepared to continue my journey to search for the best partner I can get!

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Priceless sobering advice for all men

My title for this review says it all. This book is a MUST read/listen for every red-blooded man seeking a woman to marry, or even just a woman to date. Like any game, you need to know the terrain, the rules, and the odds of winning before playing. This book does a great job presenting the sobering facts of modern dating, but also great advice for how to increase the odds of winning.

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Excellent advice for any heterosexual man in their 20’s

The demographic that really needs to read this are heterosexual men in their 20’s, but I suspect it will mostly be read by middle aged men looking to reaffirm what they already know.
The book is very unscientific and full of problems, but the final conclusion is 100% correct. I expect the author started from the conclusion and tried to find statistics to justify this conclusion rather than the other way around.
If you have a 20 something year old son, you could save them a lot of hard lessons by persuading them to listen to this title, however most young men would probably ignore the advice, believing that they are an exception to the rule, and will beat the odds somehow, so I don’t think this book will change the world.

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surprising in every way

i was initially unprepared for the brutal opinions of the author. It is very much a book that I at some points felt dirty by listening to. I can't get on board with the blunt sexism, and the statistics were so clearly marred with flaws it felt like an exercise in futility., nonetheless, i was pleasantly surprised by the ending philosophical chapter and agreed with the end premise. I would not recommend to a friend, but its not a waste of money either.

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Short and to the point

Great book which confirmed my anecdotal life experience. I asked myself how many happy couples I know many times, and indeed I can measure it on one hand with fingers to spare.

The book is nice and short with a lot of stats, but it does acknowledge its limitations. No stats are perfect and this should not be taken as the Bible but rather as a sobering look at what is, rather than what we wish it to be. I plan to read more from this author.

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every man needs to read this book

it's essential to understanding modern day dating. the claims are backed up by facts and reason. it opened my eyes, it didn't exactly solve my problem but I was able to diagnose it which is the first and most crucial step. The stats are hard to ignore

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Interesting Perspective.

Claret might come across as too much of an asshole, however ultimately he means well. hes not wrong about modern women. it's a mess. Be careful and smart.

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Investing in women vs investing in yourself

The author breaks down the calculation of pursuing women vs investing in yourself. Spoiler alert - invest in yourself :)

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  • Adam Hucker
  • 2021-03-07

Not worth the time

While I agree with the outcome of this book I disagree with the author on quite a few things. He refers to feminism and the Democratic party as cults while upholding Libertarianism and the Republican party as though they are not also cults. I'm not a Democrat but I live around a bunch of Republicans and Libertarians and can mirror his same complaints about the democrats but with different examples. He seems to have contrived some of his data and the book seems to be a work of confirmation bias. I did not find this book to be worth my time.

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  • Jack
  • 2021-03-07

Interesting Idea Plagued by Methodological Issues

Ideologically-motivated back of the envelope calculations riddled with basic errors in statistical reasoning are not what this issue deserves.

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Women with education degrees or liberal political views are considered 'unmarriage-able.' (What?!)

The author declares ALL (not some, not most, but ALL) social science research worthless.

Rates of successful happy marriages are calculated with the total divorce rate instead of the first-marriage divorce rate.

I could go on.

Nonetheless, until we find a reputable economist that will research this issue with a clear head, the book remains an interesting, if flawed, initial analysis of the expected value of pursuing marriage as a young man.

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  • Daniel jones
  • 2021-02-04

The book about the bottom line.

Eyeopening review on the ROI of the most important thing in a guys life and the reason they will ho through hell to get it: the pursuit of women. If you have a son, get this book and break down the numbers with them.

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  • Rick
  • 2021-03-10

Intriguing and Insightful

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.

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 2021-02-21

Depressing.

This book is informative but discouraging. Sounds about right though. Yet another example of why men should chase self excellence instead of women.

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  • 2021-01-21

Outstanding

This book is eye-opening, really puts modern dating into perspective. Must read can’t stress it enough.

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  • Andrew
  • 2021-06-26

Definition of Misogyny

Over an hour deep and he has not said one word or fact, just generalized misogynistic opinions based around male superiority.
If he has this on his nightstand, run far away.

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  • Batman
  • 2021-02-04

I'm 18 and I would recommend this book

I would recommend this book and the rational male books!
it will change your out look and have you just focus on yourself

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  • Anonymous User
  • 2021-02-06

Excellent, honest and informative

I loved this. I recommend it to anyone who wants to know the truth about modern dating and gender relations.

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  • 2021-02-08

loved it

took some work to break it down like that. respect to cappy. thanks to cappy.

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