How TikTok Ruined Politics (And Your Sex Life)

How many f*cks should we give about politics? What’s driving the widening ideological gap between young men and women? And is the world truly and utterly f*cked beyond all recognition?

In this episode, we talk politics without really talking politics. We cover how to stay up-to-date on current events without going insane, what history can teach us about the present, the real downside to TikTok’s invasion of—well, everything—and why there is still reason to hold out hope, even when it seems like the world is going straight to hell.

Check it out.

CHAPTERS

Chapters

• 00:00:00 Introduction: Election Fatigue and the Fuck of the Week
• 00:02:08 Why the Person Matters Less Than the Party
• 00:05:39 The Local vs. Global Problem: Where Your Attention Should Go
• 00:08:17 Bad News Finds You, Good News Requires Effort
• 00:11:43 The Marketing Machine Behind Political Narratives
• 00:15:25 Brilliant or Bullshit: The Gender Political Divide
• 00:17:14 TikTok's For You Feed and the Psychograph Revolution
• 00:25:41 The Service Economy and the End of Men
• 00:30:33 Political Polarization as the New Bigotry
• 00:33:04 Q&A: Are We Numb to Tragedy?
• 00:35:12 Why News Makes You Less Informed
• 00:37:19 Read History, Not Headlines: The Pandemic Example
• 00:41:34 News Recommendations and Finding Apolitical Sources
• 00:47:04 Wisdom of the Week: Nothing Is New Under the Sun

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