The thing that's shifted in my lifetime is shame as a public mechanism for affecting change. I still think that it has a massive effect (especially on men) in the personal realm, but because of news cycles, algorithmic feeds, and the pace of modern life, we live in a world of what this article calls "attention spam".
…The way in which Bo Burnham (who I’ve already declared a genius) speaks in this clip is not only intense and refreshing, but insightful.
In a discussion regarding the film, "Eighth Grade"" written and directed by Bo Burnham, Bo discusses phones, technology, the internet, social media, and their effects on kids and society. Corporations are trying to colonize our mind, capitalizing on every free second you have. Self-Esteem in the Age of Social Media.
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