the attention war and tiktok's ravages on the mind

8 May 2023 · 1 min

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A short monologue (SPEAKER A) arguing that excessive technological stimulation is contributing to a mental health epidemic, that young people—especially young men—lack mentors or paternal examples and may turn to figures like Andrew Tate for guidance, and that improving education should be a top societal priority to address these problems.

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We outlived it. You know, at some point you get bored, you want to look at your computer and start to compete again. Because we also wired ourselves in some way for the mental health epidemic. Like nothing is truer, you know, than that too much stimuli through technology. Our brains haven't evolved yet to this stage. And young people especially, they don't have the proper education, right? They look at people like Andrew Tate for guidance for reasons that, because they don't have any mentors, they don't have any paternal example. When I think of young men. So I guess it's kind of or duty to infuse that in society. Education is one of my top, top priority.