Ben Shapiro had a good podcast yesterday on the origins of the epidemic of depression the country is going through. It’s episode 1699.
He doesn’t believe the solution is political. It’s social and cultural. It’s a combination of a loss of meaning, a lack of connectedness with other real people, and connection with fellow complainers online.
He also spoke about the computer revolution as the third major change in human history. (The first being agriculture, the second being industry.)
It’s worth your time.
Hmmm…
Seems more than ironic in more than one way. Not saying it’s not true…but ironic? Oh, yeah.
It’s a fair point, since Shapiro basically has a following of “fellow complainers “
Before the 90s we really didn’t have two things:
1) Talk radio talking 24 hours per day how sh*tty things are (mostly a right wing phenomenon)
2) 24-hour cable news saying how crappy/dangerous things are (right and left, or left and right)
Basically we have doomsday prophets you can hear every day. Back when I was a kid, the news was on from 6-7pm EST and then 11pm EST. They were just starting some of the morning shows on the networks, but it was mostly fluff.
Politics has become most people’s religion. And, when I was a kid, the Dims and Repugs weren’t so far apart.
Both true, but I think the internet and smart phones have a bigger influence.
Yeah, probably the notifications on a smart phone make it all the more addictive. It’s designed to do that.
So true!!! Add in the hyper-partisan echo chambers and craven keyboard warriors and it all begins to make sense.
Complaints can often be legitimate. I just don’t seek to make a “connection” with the complainers. I simply try to avoid people like Ben Shapiro and his counterparts on the other “side.”