Kara Swisher · 49:53
As a 30 year old ambitious man, I'm looking to maximize my dating prospects and increase my earning potential. Should I think about relocating closer to my company's headquarters in Florida to build stronger work relationships, or should I challenge myself by moving to New York City and maybe a medium cost city like Austin or stay here where I can save more and leverage my 6 figure salary to invest in the stock market and real estate? For context, I work in finance sales. I am a non white straight male. Looking forward to your thought. Best Andres. Oh, Andres. You're in North... I hope you're in a safe part of North Carolina. What do you think, Scott? What do you think without making a dirty joke?
Scott Galloway · 50:32
Yeah. It's the last part of this hard part. Okay, Andres. So mating is like any other market, and you wanna go where there's more demand than supply for what you're offering. You're... So let's just start with the basic. You're a male. There are certain cities. Basically, cities attract more women than men. And the reason why after my divorce, I immediately bought places in New York and South Beach is there are a lot more quality women than quality men.
Kara Swisher · 50:58
Mhmm.
Scott Galloway · 50:59
And so a five gets to date a seven. So by virtue of just moving to a city, most cities, especially the coastal cities, you have somewhat of an advantage. And in place like New York or Miami, it is champagne and cocaine for men. Talk to women about dating. Their misery in Miami and New York, quite frankly, is your disco. Now having said that, what trumps all of this what trumps all of this in your thirties is nothing increases your attractiveness and increases your potential selection set of mates than economic security. Women are attracted to men on... For three reasons. Number three, reverse order, how kind they are. Women long term want someone who's gonna be good to them and to their family too. Intelligence. If you're smart, you're more likely to make good decisions for the tribe and make good decisions for the family, and her kids will survive. And then number one, whether you like it or not, there's a ton of evidence, is your ability to signal resources. Women go through a period in their lives where they are bearing children, and they need a guy with resources to ensure their kids survive. So what you wanna be focused on in your thirties is killing it professionally. So get to headquarters because at headquarters, you will accelerate 30 to 40% faster than someone who is not at headquarters. So take all the bullshit I said about cities out of the equation. In your thirties, you wanna be sexy. No matter where you are, make a shit ton of money. You're gonna make more money at headquarters.
Kara Swisher · 52:27
Mhmm. Yep. Okay. Good. I would, agree with you. I I think, living in North Carolina and being remote, it sounds like a very bad prescription for meeting anybody. I had a relative, I'm not going to go into it in detail, a younger relative who was living in Missouri. I advised him to get the hell to Atlanta, and he did, and he's married, and he's very happily married now. I don't think, you know, if you're in a remote area by yourself as a young single person, especially a man, in an area that doesn't have a lot of prospects, you're gonna have
Scott Galloway · 53:00
any prospects. More women have sex.
Kara Swisher · 53:02
A lot of money. You're gonna have a lot of cash, but what are you gonna do with it? You'll probably drink your... Drink that money, you know, essentially, and... Or do whatever. So I think you you should move. It's like, don't... Everything shouldn't be a mon A mobile. Monetary decision.
Scott Galloway · 53:15
Lean into your advantage.
Kara Swisher · 53:16
That's right. And you'll... If you make an... If you make a 6 figure salary, you'll be fine no matter where you are. Mhmm. And so, you know, I... And you're also happier with someone. There's... You know, honestly, there's just no question. Move. Move. Move. Move. I don't know if you should move to headquarters or a cool city, but either way, you'll do well. I don't... You know, I'm... I I... Scott and I are not all plus on remote work even though both of us do it, interestingly, but we have established families already. I think later in your life, you could do remote work. When you're younger, don't do remote work. Get into the office or get into the whatever.
Scott Galloway · 53:50
Once you have once you have money and relationships, remote work's an unlock with... If you don't have a partner and you haven't made a lot of money, the office is a feature, not a benefit. Get into the office.
Kara Swisher · 54:03
Yeah. Later, you can leave and ignore people like we do. Anyway, Andres, thank you so much, and good luck. Good luck. We hope... Tell us when you get married. Okay. If you've got a question of your own and you'd like answered, send it our way. Go to nymag.com/pivot. Submit a question for the show or call 85551 Alright, Scott. One more quick break. We'll be back for predictions from you. I know you're in the prediction mode as the year ends.
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Kara Swisher · 56:19
Okay, Scott. Let's hear a prediction.
Scott Galloway · 56:22
Do you have any predictions?
Kara Swisher · 56:23
Oh, I do. I had an interesting discussion with... I've had... I... You know, when you travel, you talk to people, and you sort of start to hear their views and stuff like that. And I know all our focus is on the election right now. I think a lot of people are really leaning in and paying attention to the election. But I do think... I think there is a quiet group of women in this country the way there was a quiet group of Trump supporters. And I am... Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm convinced that the election will be not as close as people think it is.
Scott Galloway · 56:57
Know who agrees with it? Marx.
Kara Swisher · 57:01
Oh, does he? Interesting.
Scott Galloway · 57:02
He made a prediction. He said he thinks that Vice President Harris is not only gonna win, but she's gonna win decisively.
Kara Swisher · 57:09
I think it's gonna be women. Women vote. I think there's a lot of focus on young men, and what'll they do? They never go to vote. They're lazy. They're lazy. I think women are motivated. And they're... Every woman I talk to is doing something, whether it's raising money or whatever. And and so I I really... I don't know. I just... I I could be really wrong, but I think that Trump's grip is a lot less strong than people think. I think every... I think everything's... Just as everyone lets him get away with shit, all his supporters, I think everyone is... Has had enough. He's got as many... He's got a he's got a ceiling, and he's reached it, and that's my feeling. Anyway, it is, of course, about turnout and the turnout for the... As much as Elon Musk is giving him money, I don't think they have as good a turnout as the Democrats. But we'll see. Alright. Scott, do you have a prediction?
Scott Galloway · 58:05
I do. You inspired one. So I think we're about to undertake or we're beginning what I'd call the great rotation, and that is if since 2008, the capital flows... The market dynamics always trump individual performance. So you'd rather be a mediocre stock in America right now than a really good company and good stock in Argentina. Because every year since 2008, capital flows have flown basically leaked out of everywhere and into The US. So such that the S and P trades at a higher PE than, think, than any market in the world. And with the Chinese market actually ripping up last week, I think since the beginning of September, they're up more than 30%. I think the starting gun has been fired, and that is The US market as a ratio of what... How it trades relative to other markets is... Has not seen these highs since 1999 or 2007. And with Chinese stocks making a comeback with the stimulus announced with a bunch of people getting their greed glands going, ETFs have surged or capital flows into China have surged, but it's gonna lift stocks in places like China, places like Brazil, and you're gonna have a rotation back into kind of emerging or what you would call developing markets. And some, I think, that markets outside of The US are gonna outperform The US over the next three to five
Kara Swisher · 59:27
That's interesting. Oh, that's a good one. I just come up with that one on the top of your head. That was good. That was helpful.
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Scott Galloway · 59:34
Good. I'm glad.
Kara Swisher · 59:35
Terry, that helpful. It's good prediction.
Scott Galloway · 59:36
I'm here.
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Kara Swisher · 59:37
how's your prediction stack going, by the way, speaking of predictions? One second.
Scott Galloway · 59:41
It's just so discouraging. Last year, I would loosely describe my predictions as wrong. I just shit the bet on everything.
Kara Swisher · 59:48
I got almost everything wrong. About that, though. That'll be... We'll go over that with your... Getting the bet.
Scott Galloway · 59:53
Everything. Just, like, literally everything.
Kara Swisher · 59:55
Was I right then? Would that be nonsense?
Scott Galloway · 59:57
What you predicted. You have better... You have much better political instincts than me. You you
Kara Swisher · 1:00:01
That's correct. Most people realize that. My wife... Amanda's like, yeah. Scott was great on Beto. Oh, then he was... That's the only mean thing
Scott Galloway · 1:00:09
she says about you. Like... Was really sad to me because there's only a one in four chance I'm gonna get to see Amanda again according to these divorce statistics.
Kara Swisher · 1:00:17
Oh, stop it. We're we're happy.
Scott Galloway · 1:00:20
That's good.
Kara Swisher · 1:00:20
We're not getting a divorce. I am never
Scott Galloway · 1:00:23
getting lesbians on a regular basis Never. Cry and hug for three hours and decide never to see each other again. Is that wrong? Is that wrong?
Kara Swisher · 1:00:31
No. You know what? I'm actually... You know, in general, not everybody, for sure. But mostly lesbians get along with their exes, and a lot of straights don't. Not even Yeah.
Scott Galloway · 1:00:42
You get along with that. Yeah.
Kara Swisher · 1:00:43
She's coming for Christmas. Yeah. No. It's great. My kids... My little kids love her. She's a lovely person. And, you know, there were issues, but we... I think we've done done a nice job trying to really... Especially I
Scott Galloway · 1:00:55
told you I met your ex wife. Right?
Kara Swisher · 1:00:56
No. How? What? No.
Scott Galloway · 1:00:58
I was at a conference in Germany or something. I was speaking. I don't know. And I talked about Amazon. She came up to me, she's like, you are not giving Mackenzie Bezos enough credit for starting Amazon. And I'm like... And I look at her, and I'm like... And I'm like, oh, do have a background in technology? She's like, yeah. And I was the CTO of America. I'm like, oh my god. Are... Were you married to Kara Swisher? Anyways, your ex wife
Kara Swisher · 1:01:21
She didn't lead with that. She didn't lead
Scott Galloway · 1:01:23
with that. Your ex wife came up and reprimanded me after my
Kara Swisher · 1:01:26
She's good at that shit. She's a she's a she's a very... She's a real... Somebody who really supports women in technology and that sort thing. If you said anything crossways, you'd have been like, she didn't come at you. Like, she's a big... She's a tall lady. Right? She's tall. She's a big lady and everything.
Scott Galloway · 1:01:42
Nice, impressive woman.
Kara Swisher · 1:01:43
Yeah. She is. She is. She's great. She's great. Yeah. Yeah. Come for Christmas at the at the lesbians who get along club. Yeah. I'm not getting a divorce. Okay?
Scott Galloway · 1:01:51
I'm going to South Africa.
Kara Swisher · 1:01:52
You are? Yeah. Oh.
Scott Galloway · 1:01:53
Taking my sister for her fiftieth Africa.
Kara Swisher · 1:01:56
Know. We're going to San Francisco. And we're gonna have a great time. Yeah. We always go.
Scott Galloway · 1:02:00
I win. I win on that one. Cape Town. Cape Town over San Francisco. I win.
Kara Swisher · 1:02:04
No. No. We're not
Scott Galloway · 1:02:06
as Have you big been to
Kara Swisher · 1:02:07
Cape Town? We're not... We don't we don't meet to a
Scott Galloway · 1:02:08
city city in the world.
Kara Swisher · 1:02:10
Ourselves. We we like ourselves.
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Kara Swisher · 1:02:13
A beautiful... Anyway, in any case... Alright. I'm gonna come up for a Christmas, with you at some time.
Scott Galloway · 1:02:20
Anyway I hate the holidays, just so you know. I hate the holidays.
Kara Swisher · 1:02:24
See, that's why you're escaping what I just said, but exactly what I just said. God. In any case, Scott, we'll all have a Merry Christmas. I'm excited to hear your predictions for the year and, you know, your assessment of what you got wrong. Okay. That's the show before we go. We're up for the best cohost team in the Signal Awards. I don't know what that is.
Scott Galloway · 1:02:40
Really? I didn't know about that. Who are we
Kara Swisher · 1:02:42
up against?
Scott Galloway · 1:02:42
I'm watching the competition.
Kara Swisher · 1:02:44
Find out, but we deserve it. Vote for us at the link in the description. And, again, Dax Shepard, I extend my apologies to you on Scott's behalf. I... You called me all
Scott Galloway · 1:02:56
the thing. For you. Didn't mean it.
Kara Swisher · 1:02:58
You kinda meant it
Scott Galloway · 1:02:59
a bit. Work out with that guy. That guy's ripped.
Kara Swisher · 1:03:01
He's not working out with you. He's definitely not working out
Scott Galloway · 1:03:03
with He's so ripped.
Kara Swisher · 1:03:04
Anyway, we'll be back on Tuesday with more pivot, and I'm certain more news. Scott.
Scott Galloway · 1:03:10
Today's show is produced by Lara Naaman, Zoe Marcus, Taylor Griffin, and Christine Driscoll. Ernie and her Todd engineered this episode. Thanks also to Drew Burrows and Miss Severio. Nishak Kurwa is Vox Media's executive producer of audio. Make sure you're subscribed to the show wherever you listen to podcasts. Thanks for listening to Pivot from New York Magazine and Vox Media. You can subscribe to the magazine at nymag.com/pod. We'll be back next week for another breakdown of all things tech and business.
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