I have a love/hate relationship with Scott Galloway. The professor, entrepreneur, and podcast host has become the left’s leading voice in the conversation about the crisis facing boys and men. I agree with about 20% of what he says and want to scream at the other 80%. But after 15+ years of dating men, I’ve become genuinely invested in this topic. So I felt compelled to read his latest book. Notes on Being a Man.
Here’s the thing: this isn’t really a how-to guide for boys, men, and the women who love them. It’s a memoir. And not a very good one. I can’t speak for young men in crisis, but I doubt they’d find much practical advice here.
What I did take away was a clearer picture of who Galloway actually is — and with it, a growing suspicion that he has become an expert on something he has no real credentials for. To his credit, he’s fairly self-aware about his pomposity. He calls himself out each time he virtue signals, which happens often.
Struggling young men, the people who love them, and women with a vested interest in understanding men could give it a try. But I’m not sure what they’d get from it.
