Tik Tok Culture, Overconsumption, & Corporate Greed

In this video, we’re talking all things social media - specifically how social media is engineered to harm our brains and turn us into a society that is even more obsessed with overconsumption and material greed. We also discuss the rise of Tik Tok culture, social media influencing and how they're rapidly changing societal norms around consumption.

Enjoy & please let me know your thoughts in the comments!

00:00 - intro
4:02 - Tik Tok has done more bad for us than good
7:38 - brain rot makes for the perfect mindless consumer
12:37 - our brains are getting systematically overstimulated
18:15 - late stage capitalism means everything is an agent of greed
21:38 - so... what do we do?
23:07 - a critique on social media influencers
30:17 - the revolution starts from within

To learn more:
   • Fast Fashion & The Disease of Consumerism  

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