Tik Tok Culture, Overconsumption, & Corporate Greed

In this video, we’re talking all things social media - specifically how social media is engineered to harm our brains and turn us into a society that is even more obsessed with overconsumption and material greed. We also discuss the rise of Tik Tok culture, social media influencing and how they're rapidly changing societal norms around consumption. Enjoy & please let me know your thoughts in the comments! 00:00 - intro 4:02 - Tik Tok has done more bad for us than good 7:38 - brain rot makes for the perfect mindless consumer 12:37 - our brains are getting systematically overstimulated 18:15 - late stage capitalism means everything is an agent of greed 21:38 - so... what do we do? 23:07 - a critique on social media influencers 30:17 - the revolution starts from within To learn more: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM7Swy_caL5C0Rf6klRPMLxTXL-hHGzNw Sources: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3032992/ https://therapybrands.com/blog/how-context-switching-is-killing-your-productivity/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9403815/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/cognitive-flexibility https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-023-04242-8 https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/psychology/cognitive-load-theory https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-36256-4 ​​https://medium.com/@lavinia_24649/tiktoks-influencer-culture-what-makes-it-unique-61e4a7ac5406 https://davidgraeber.org/articles/a-moment-of-peace/ https://coyleandrew.medium.com/understanding-and-applying-variable-reward-psychological-techniques-in-design-32876b2e25e0 Connect w/ me: Personal IG: https://www.instagram.com/thesarahmariaa/ Educational IG: https://www.instagram.com/fightbigfashion/profilecard/?igsh=aW9nMThzOHZkZTNu