272: Deal with the stink of shit, we don’t want to upset the sparrows cover art

272: Deal with the stink of shit, we don’t want to upset the sparrows

272: Deal with the stink of shit, we don’t want to upset the sparrows

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Simon and Lee discuss how “the slop” of online discourse warps attention, community, and even basic ways of being with other people, then land on the uneasy idea that conversation can be as much a mirror (to feel real and worthy) as a window (to actually learn and connect). A second thread is the double-truth of social life: feeling useful and coherent while simultaneously hearing the inner heckler saying “you’re a fraud,” and how that vulnerability can push people toward bubbles that reassure them.

Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net.

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