Episode 39 - Easy to judge from the couch

Thursday Think Bites · Sep 3, 2026 · 1m · transcript

Episode 39 - Easy to judge from the couch

Last month, I couldn’t sleep, so I started watching a reality show I’d been avoiding.

A few episodes in, I had opinions about everybody.

Why did she say that?

Why didn’t he push back?

Why would anyone make that decision?

Then I paused the show and asked myself:

What would I actually do if I were in that room?

And I couldn’t answer.

I had plenty of opinions.

I just didn’t have the room.

Then I realized something else.

As the viewer, I could see conversations they couldn’t.

I knew things they didn’t know when they were making their decisions.

And…