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287: Step Out of Survival Mode, Free Yourself From Drama, and Build the Life You Love | Scott Lyons, PhD

The Genius Life

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The Role of the Media in Addiction to Drama

We are living in an activation economy, which means we are living in a stress economy. The conditions that form an addiction to drama are now being replicated on a mass scale. And so there are engineers on social media who are designing your experience,. Your journey to essentially maintain capture your attention. We call those drama devices, essentially, or devices that rev you up. It's hard to fix because it's so prevalent.

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