Aug 6, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min · 12 segments
There is one single goal that will keep you engaged and fulfilled for an entire lifetime: legacy. Get all the details on the St. Kitt's Mastermind with Greg and Mikkel here…
Uh, a- and I think a lot of times going back to family formation, really while I, I feel like a weary people talking about it, I think it is one of the most objective measures of human flourishing that can be met, right? I, I need to check the actual data on this, but I, but m- so this is just metaphorical and I, I need to go and try to figure out what it is.
But if you looked at a species, like, uh, uh, if you just looked at a species and you said every generation of this species is getting smaller and smaller, and most of the pathways that traditionally have been available to allow this species to reproduce itself are getting worse and worse, then that species is by definition endangered.
And you say, "Look, here's a little monarch lizard over here on the left side of the island, but he has to go all the way across to the other side of the island to find a mate." Well, normally, right, it should be the case that that monarch lizard, when he's ready to mate, he can turn around and there's dozens of, of, of close by potential mates, and he doesn't have to travel on this epic journey across to the other side of the island.
And if you looked and saw that, again, every generation is getting smaller, then you would say, "Hmm, that seems like a real problem." Well, if we apply the same thing we apply to humans, uh, as we do to animals, humans, and specifically some humans and some cultures are endangered species.
And the question that I always ask myself is, "Is my culture an endangered species? Is my people, the people who, who, who believe like I believe, who look like I look, who act like I act, who behave like I behave, are we an endangered species or not?" And for the culture at large, generally we are, right? You see it going down.
And the, the problem is, the reason I want to be an activist for this, I want to catalyze these conversations is, you reach a point in which it's too late.
My next door neighbor, uh, is a widow, and she has been receiving cancer treatment in another town.
And she just returned home last week, and I saw her out watering her flowers, and I greeted her, and we wound up standing in her front yard talking for an hour.
She's in her probably mid-70s, and, uh, she, her husband was a, a judge, and, uh, had a stroke, and she cared for him for many years.
But she just kinda was talking about the children and the fact that she has no grandchildren, right? Both of her-
But she was just talking about it, and she, and she said, "You know, I never, ever imagined myself as an old lady and not having grandchildren.
Here she is living all alone in a big, beautiful house, in a beautiful neighborhood, having just recovered from ...
Uh, a- and I think a lot of times going back to family formation, really while I, I feel like a weary people talking about it, I think it is one of the most objective measures of human flourishing that can be met, right? I, I need to check the actual data on this, but I, but m- so this is just metaphorical and I, I need to go and try to figure out what it is.
But if you looked at a species, like, uh, uh, if you just looked at a species and you said every generation of this species is getting smaller and smaller, and most of the pathways that traditionally have been available to allow this species to reproduce itself are getting worse and worse, then that species is by definition endangered.
And you say, "Look, here's a little monarch lizard over here on the left side of the island, but he has to go all the way across to the other side of the island to find a mate." Well, normally, right, it should be the case that that monarch lizard, when he's ready to mate, he can turn around and there's dozens of, of, of close by potential mates, and he doesn't have to travel on this epic journey across to the other side of the island.
And if you looked and saw that, again, every generation is getting smaller, then you would say, "Hmm, that seems like a real problem." Well, if we apply the same thing we apply to humans, uh, as we do to animals, humans, and specifically some humans and some cultures are endangered species.
And the question that I always ask myself is, "Is my culture an endangered species? Is my people, the people who, who, who believe like I believe, who look like I look, who act like I act, who behave like I behave, are we an endangered species or not?" And for the culture at large, generally we are, right? You see it going down.
And the, the problem is, the reason I want to be an activist for this, I want to catalyze these conversations is, you reach a point in which it's too late.
My next door neighbor, uh, is a widow, and she has been receiving cancer treatment in another town.
And she just returned home last week, and I saw her out watering her flowers, and I greeted her, and we wound up standing in her front yard talking for an hour.
She's in her probably mid-70s, and, uh, she, her husband was a, a judge, and, uh, had a stroke, and she cared for him for many years.
But she just kinda was talking about the children and the fact that she has no grandchildren, right? Both of her-
But she was just talking about it, and she, and she said, "You know, I never, ever imagined myself as an old lady and not having grandchildren.
Here she is living all alone in a big, beautiful house, in a beautiful neighborhood, having just recovered from ...
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