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Dealing With Social Media Brain Rot & The Feeling Of Horizonlessness
In the episode, host Clay Edwards opens up about "brain rot" caused by short-form social media content like TikTok videos, Instagram reels, and YouTube shorts, which erode short-term memory and focus—he notes personally forgetting details from videos by the next morning, even with notes. Drawing from the Diary of a CEO podcast (and referencing a Mel Robbins episode with Dr. Aditi Nerurkar), he explains how this constant consumption leads to "horizonlessness": a flat, aimless existence without real direction or excitement, just routine survival (get up, work, workout, sleep, repeat) despite…
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