Have to disagree. In particular with you subscribing him a dating strategy that works for you. Different strategies work for different people.
I think the only thing one can say is that people need a strong yearning to figure it out if they have big issues with it. The second thing people need is a course in ethics + science. One needs to be able to evaluate the ethics proposed by whatever advice it is and think it through. And one needs to be able to verify/disprove claims in one way or another.