Is Technology Ruining Our Minds? (ft. Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD)

Do I exist if I’m not on social media? Can I fake it till I make it? What’s the secret to a good life? In this week’s episode, I enlist my old friend and host of the wildly popular The Psychology Podcast, Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD. to dissect our psyche in the social media age. Reflecting on his personal experience and drawing on a wealth of psychological research, Scott asks—and answers—questions that might reveal aspects of yourself you never knew were there, and set you on the path to a better life. We’re going to dive deep and get existential. We’re going to talk neurodiversity, vulnerability, and Batman. What more can you ask for? Exactly. Go get it. CHAPTERS Chapters 00:00:00 Introduction: From Special Ed to the Top 0.05% 00:02:22 Breaking Out: The Teacher Who Changed Everything 00:05:36 The Problem With Standardized Testing and IQ 00:07:54 Neurodivergence: When a Term Loses Its Meaning 00:10:12 The Identity Crisis Generation 00:13:43 Confident Vulnerability vs. Lowercase vulnerability 00:18:57 Social Media and the Anxious Generation 00:20:56 Do You Exist Without a Social Media Presence? 00:24:10 The Legibility Problem: When Status Games Go Public 00:27:16 Scott's Twitter Brea…