I'm all for striving to be better. Get to know the ladies and hang out with them, that's all a good thing to improve yourself for the next and maybe the one.

But if you're going to get into a committed relationships with someone you dislike, just to bring your own value up, it speaks volumes about your narcissism. You also end up hurting someone in the process. Is it worth it?

Be better by yourself, for yourself.

First of all, lemme clarify about the video itself:
I actually agree with what the guy says, just not the woman in the first minute (obnoxious voice aside, a short statement with no explanation is meaningless to me) - however, I understand that he's trying to appeal to struggling men so I suppose starting with a "dumb statement" would attract them.

He brought up good points about surrounding oneself with women: good relationship with sisters and mother, platonic relationships with other ladies shows that you treat ladies well so you're more likely to be safe to be around. In fact, I lowered my guard down a lot when I was talking to my now-bf on dating app and learned that his sister went to the same school as I did - he's the brother to our ex-head prefect, he has to be normal!

Now to reply...
I have shared my opinions and experiences in my past posts. If you really want to scrutinise me, be my guest - I'll be happy to debate as long as you keep an open mind with me, instead of constantly degrading and generalising against one gender all the time I never asked to be naive ya, being naive is no good because you still must protect yourself, the world won't be kind to you all the time.

Tbh I don't understand your questions fully but I'll try:
I don't label anyone as a "stepping stone" but I'll use your language here... I assume by "relationship" you meant committed/bf-gf relationship, then no, there's no way I can start an official relationship without getting to know the person enough to know if I wanna try things out, and that I think is totally fine: talk to the opposite gender and treat them like human, learn more about them.
- does that mean they become your stepping stones? Again by your words, yes... Because every interaction with another person hones your social skills - it's like learning a language: you'll get better at it with practice. You also see more types of ladies, so you'll learn more about what you (don't) want.
- if you got to know them then decided they're not your type, so you stop engaging, does that mean you hurt them? Not necessarily, but potentially yes. For example, I had my fair share of rejections in the phase of getting to know someone. In every rejection, I felt hurt because my interest was not reciprocated, but it's not them who intentionally hurt me so I don't blame them, and I'm thankful that they didn't take advantage of me. Do I regret any of it? Not at all, I learned what (not) to do next time, and sometimes there are just things you cannot control.

My point is, there is a clear distinction between an official, committed relationship, versus one where you're just getting to know someone, whether you start from scratch (dating apps / mutual friend intro) or as friends/colleagues/acquaintance. I'm NOT okay with someone who would get into a committed relationship with someone s/he already determined to be NOT interested in, all for the sake of this topic - to gain more attraction points.

At least here I can agree with -mystery-: guys who spend their money on KipasSahaja or BukuGula instead of trying to get out there to know someone, deserve their failures at getting the girl.... "Simps".