Don doesn’t love himself or believe anyone else could love him. That’s understandable since he grew up being told very clearly that was unwanted. He keeps trying to fill this massive void in his life with professional success, drinking, and philandering but it all just leaves him feeling empty.
Don needs some serious therapy, which would have been incredibly difficult to come by in the 1960’s.
Knew one family that had a big rear projection in their “media room”. Going to watch movies at their house was a legit event.