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Entrepreneur, best-selling author, nonprofit founder, philanthropist, and former Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang hosts conversations about the biggest issues facing America today.
The Science Behind Why Social Media Makes Us Miserable
Andrew Yang Podcast
54 minutes
1 week ago
The Science Behind Why Social Media Makes Us Miserable
This week on the Andrew Yang Podcast: We dive deep into the dark side of social media and how it’s reshaping democracy, fueling polarization, and harming mental health, especially for kids. Andrew is joined by Jay Van Bavel and Steven Rathje, two leading researchers uncovering what really drives virality, outrage, and division online. From Facebook’s algorithms to TikTok fame, this episode exposes how attention has become the new addiction, and what we can do to reclaim our minds.
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Andrew Yang Podcast
Entrepreneur, best-selling author, nonprofit founder, philanthropist, and former Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang hosts conversations about the biggest issues facing America today.