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EP 493: The Prescription Economy

Apr 17, 2025
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INSIGHT

Advice Floods Social Media Fast

  • Social media platforms rapidly degrade as they fill with unsolicited advice.
  • Original valued content based on shared life experiences is replaced by commercialized advice culture.
ANECDOTE

Frustration with Vague Health Advice

  • Tara expresses frustration with vague health advice on social media about cortisol belly and face.
  • She offers practical stepwise reading and action advice for health anxiety sufferers.
INSIGHT

Awkwardness Situational, Not Personal

  • Awkwardness is situational, not an inherent trait of people.
  • Philosophical description contrasts with prescriptive self-help approaches that treat awkwardness as a deficit to fix.
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