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They Broke Your Brain On Purpose
You used to be able to argue with someone and still shake hands after. Now? Two headlines and a notification later, half the country can't finish a debate without rage-quitting.
This episode is about how that happened — outrage sells, nuance doesn't, and a brain too overwhelmed to think is a brain too overwhelmed to argue well. The worst part: nobody forced this on us. We hit "allow notifications" and volunteered.
Good news — a brain that got rewired can get unwired. We've survived louder messes than this. Step one is just noticing you've been played.
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