The speaker feels that being online makes every aspect of their life like a Black Mirror episode, with a constant need for potential social media validation. They express a desire to take a break from public life and reflect on achieving a certain level of success. The conversation then shifts to the distinction between mastery goals and performance goals, which the speaker relates to social media and the approach to relationships.
Do I exist if I’m not on social media? Can I fake it till I make it? What’s the secret to a good life?
In this week’s episode, I enlist my old friend and host of the wildly popular The Psychology Podcast, Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD. to dissect our psyche in the social media age.
Reflecting on his personal experience and drawing on a wealth of psychological research, Scott asks—and answers—questions that might reveal aspects of yourself you never knew were there, and set you on the path to a better life.
We’re going to dive deep and get existential. We’re going to talk neurodiversity, vulnerability, and Batman. What more can you ask for?
Exactly. Go get it.