Ep. 5: You Are Weak. You Are Money.

The activity of the internet has been described as a “race to the bottom of the brain stem.”   Much of what we encounter online appeals to our most primal impulses.  Cause if you can access that shit, you can sell yours.

It makes sense in an attention economy, that the fiercer the competition for people’s attention, the wilier and more wicked the tactics for getting it have gotten.  That others are capitalizing on our achilles’ heels is just par for the course now.  And learned helplessness is often the feeling that results.  Followed by the one I’m fighting through in this episode:  shame.