The Internet Gave Me Trust Issues And All I Got Was This Wi-Fi Trauma (S04 Intro)
Thu Jan 29 2026
What if your feed isn’t showing you the world, just the loudest corner of it? We open season four by taking a hard look at how outrage-optimized platforms distort your sense of “most people,” turn rare behavior into the norm, and train your nervous system to live on a distorted map. Instead of fueling another crusade, we make a cleaner promise: signal over noise, mirror over blame, sovereignty over algorithm.
We break down why moral-emotional content spreads faster, how clustered networks funnel us into echo worlds, and why your patterns keep meeting the same archetypes in different outfits. The goal isn’t to slap labels on anyone. It’s to see recurring strategies for what they are (responses to fear, status anxiety, loneliness, and control) so you can tell the difference between some and most, pattern and population, spotlight and census. That shift turns cynicism from a false badge of wisdom into useful information about your inputs and boundaries.
You’ll also hear a preview of “Of Men,” a forthcoming episode that uses a mirror model to flip an old 1865 essay about women through a modern woman’s standpoint on men. We use archetypes as tools, not weapons, then do the grown-up part: separating instant recognition from sweeping generalization, exploring why patterns form, what they protect, and how to stop accidentally selecting them. To make it practical, we offer a seven-day drill: ten minutes a day to steelman the other side in two sentences, name the fear under it, set one boundary, and rate your emotional intensity. If that number drops, you’re building sovereignty; if not, the algorithm still has the leash.
Ready to trade outrage for clarity and reclaim your attention? Hit follow, share this with someone who could use less heat and more signal, and leave a review with your seven-day score. Your feed is a spotlight, not a census. Let’s start acting like it.
Chapters:
0:00 Season Four Premise
0:30 How Feeds Distort Reality
2:38 Patterns, Archetypes, And Agency
4:13 Practicing Sovereignty
5:08 Preview: Of Men
6:08 A Seven-Day Mirror Drill
9:00 Closing: Spotlight Not Census
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What if your feed isn’t showing you the world, just the loudest corner of it? We open season four by taking a hard look at how outrage-optimized platforms distort your sense of “most people,” turn rare behavior into the norm, and train your nervous system to live on a distorted map. Instead of fueling another crusade, we make a cleaner promise: signal over noise, mirror over blame, sovereignty over algorithm. We break down why moral-emotional content spreads faster, how clustered networks funnel us into echo worlds, and why your patterns keep meeting the same archetypes in different outfits. The goal isn’t to slap labels on anyone. It’s to see recurring strategies for what they are (responses to fear, status anxiety, loneliness, and control) so you can tell the difference between some and most, pattern and population, spotlight and census. That shift turns cynicism from a false badge of wisdom into useful information about your inputs and boundaries. You’ll also hear a preview of “Of Men,” a forthcoming episode that uses a mirror model to flip an old 1865 essay about women through a modern woman’s standpoint on men. We use archetypes as tools, not weapons, then do the grown-up part: separating instant recognition from sweeping generalization, exploring why patterns form, what they protect, and how to stop accidentally selecting them. To make it practical, we offer a seven-day drill: ten minutes a day to steelman the other side in two sentences, name the fear under it, set one boundary, and rate your emotional intensity. If that number drops, you’re building sovereignty; if not, the algorithm still has the leash. Ready to trade outrage for clarity and reclaim your attention? Hit follow, share this with someone who could use less heat and more signal, and leave a review with your seven-day score. Your feed is a spotlight, not a census. Let’s start acting like it. Chapters: 0:00 Season Four Premise 0:30 How Feeds Distort Reality 2:38 Patterns, Archetypes, And Agency 4:13 Practicing Sovereignty 5:08 Preview: Of Men 6:08 A Seven-Day Mirror Drill 9:00 Closing: Spotlight Not Census Tap HERE for all Social Media, email, and Podcast platforms