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Why We Give Celebrities Too Much Power Over Us
We'll defend people we've never met like family — and let their choices shape ours. In this clip we ask why, and what it's costing us.
Malcolm and Thomas dig into how parasocial relationships and celebrity influence have gotten so strong that they can crowd out our own critical thinking. They get into the cultural concerns that come with celebrating the wrong things, how easily influence turns into blind following, and why leveling up as a community starts with thinking for ourselves instead of outsourcing it to whoever's famous. It's not a shot at anybody — it's a challenge to be sharper.
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