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Freddie Deboer: How Intra-Elite Competition Turned Mental Illness Into a Meme

Nov 28, 2022

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Introduction

2min

The Rise of the Proletariat

3min

The Changes in the Means of Production

2min

The Rise of Monopoly in the Internet

4min

The Cruelty and Incoherence of Mental Illness

3min

The Consensus Opinion on Mental Illness

4min

The Failure of Reasoning About Mental Illnesses

6min

The Effect of Social Justice Politics on Mental Illness

4min

The Unpurity of Tumblr

2min

10.

The Social Effect of Autism

4min

11.

The Future of Status Games in the ADHD Community

6min

12.

The Removal of Co Consciousness in Multiple Personality Disorder

4min

13.

The Refusal to Pass Judgment

3min

14.

The Role of Social Media in Mental Health

5min

15.

The Colonization of Performativeness

2min

16.

The Role of Social Networks in Adolescence

5min

17.

The Best Way to Pass Judgment

1min

18.

The Problem With Self-Centeredness

5min

19.

The Problem With Socially Perceptive People

2min

20.

The Escalation of Social Tactics

3min

21.

The Importance of Positive Thinking in Mental Health

4min

22.

The Importance of Being Socially Perceptive

6min

23.

How to Beat It Right and Change Incentives

2min

24.

The Paranoia of Social Media

5min

25.

The Strange Effect of Boring

2min

26.

The Effects of Boredom on the Brain

3min

27.

The Effect of the Internet on Sexual Satisfaction

3min

28.

The Dopamine Effect on Technology

3min

29.

The Problem With Hardcore Progressives

3min

30.

The Elite Overproduction Problem in American Culture

6min

31.

The Hypothetical Universe of Job Subsidy

2min

32.

The Importance of Preparing for a Normal Job

2min

33.

The Stigmatization of Jobs

2min

34.

The Cognitive Dissonance of Pandemic Policy

4min

35.

The Immorality of the Pandemic

5min

36.

The Psychological Effect of History

5min

37.

The Cultural Power of Mental Illness

3min

38.

The Future of Autonomous Vehicles

4min

Freddie deBoer is a writer and the author of The Cult of Smart.

The Incoherence and Cruelty of Mental Illness as Meme — Freddie deBoer:

Freddie deBoer’s first appearance on FTNW:

The Cult of Smart:https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250224491/thecultofsmartTimestamps:

0:00 Class Analysis10:30 Mental Illness43:00 Internet Incentives1:28:00 McLuhan1:41:00 Elite Competition

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