| Owen Cook | |
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| Born | Owen Cook October 1, 1979 Ottawa, ON, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Other names | Tyler Durden, Tyler |
| Occupation | Creative Producer and Co-Founder of Real Social Dynamics |
| Known for | pickup artist, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, Author |
Owen Cook (also known as "Tyler", "Tyler Durden" or "TD") (born in 1979 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)[1] is an entrepreneur, author and dating advisor. He is the figurehead of Real Social Dynamics, a company that specializes in teaching men how to establish a sexual relationship with women.
Owen Cook graduated with a degree in philosophy from Queen's University in Kingston.[2] He first became interested in pick-up as a young man after breaking up with his long-time girlfriend with whom he had moved in while still in Ottawa. Following the breakup, Owen left school, suffered from severe depression, and reached his 'breaking point'.[3] He joined the seduction community in 2002, assuming the handle 'Tyler Durden' in homage to the fictional character from the novel Fight Club.[3] He traveled to Los Angeles in order to develop his skills at picking up and seducing women, eventually moving into a closet and using it as his bedroom in order to live with Neil Strauss, Barry Kirkey and Mystery at their mansion in Project Hollywood.[4]
He is mentioned by Neil Strauss in his book The Game. In his book, Strauss describes his distrust of Cook, as a result of his experience mentoring Owen and fellow student "Papa" (Nicholas Kho) while watching as he developed his approach to gaming in parallel and apparent competition to Strauss's own, which Strauss described as robotic aping. The book also describes the establishment of Real Social Dynamics by Cook and Papa, a company dedicated to teaching men how to interact with women, and a manipulative conflict with Mystery (pickup artist) and anyone who didn't play into what is described as a cult of personality built around Cook as a supposed Master Manipulator.
In August 2008, Owen announced on his company blog that he was "wrapping up with [his] role as figurehead of RSD and moving into self help."[5] At the same time, Owen has continued to teach weekly Real Social Dynamics bootcamps in Los Angeles.
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