How social media is slowly ruining society

Ashley Embers October 24, 2025
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Get 40% off your first Hungryroot box PLUS get a free item of your choice in every box for life with code ASHLEYEMBERS at http://bit.ly/3IcXaXH Join the community over at my Patreon at https://patreon.com/AshleyEmbers Spotify Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/7JoJYDwbvKSodEsW28WYDK?si=R6NHAwH7S2Gg1XwENzOM3A Find me on tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@ashleyembers MERCH https://ashley-embers-shop.fourthwall.com/ Time Stamps 00:00 - intro 02:21 - the rising tide 11:13 - hungryroot 13:24 - bots, bias, & belief 21:08 - the emotional toll 27:11 - the death of nuance 33:48 - final thoughts References & Resources The Certainty Illusion - https://amzn.to/3IWkrNR Stolen Focus - https://amzn.to/3Wj3zUy In the Era of Information Abundance - https://tyonashiro.medium.com/in-the-era-of-information-abundance-60012b9a7c9c Deep Reading and the Digital Life - https://hxlibraries.substack.com/p/deep-reading-and-the-digital-life Multicosts of Multitasking - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7075496/ Why Multitasking Doesn’t Work - https://health.clevelandclinic.org/science-clear-multitasking-doesnt-work Media overload is hurting our mental health. - https://www.apa.org/monitor/2022/11/strain-media-overload How Social Media Rewards Misinformation - https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/how-social-media-rewards-misinformation Late-Stage Social Media and The Twilight of Narrative Control - https://medium.com/@hellojillhoffman/late-stage-media-the-twilight-of-narrative-control-96df22391295 Excessive News Consumption May Harm Mental and Physical Health - https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/imperfect-spirituality/202209/excessive-news-consumption-may-harm-mental-and-physical-health Social Media: Where Nuance Goes to Die - https://medium.com/blow-your-stack/social-media-where-nuance-goes-to-die-f762f3a46771 Contact Me My name is ashley, if you didn't know ;) https://www.instagram.com/ashley_embers_ Email: [email protected] Business Inquiries: [email protected] 🎵 Music licensed from Lickd. The biggest mainstream and stock music platform for content creators. Lullaby by ellise, https://lickd.lnk.to/jlTowHID License ID: jNwNRgEWw0P If you want to use music from famous artists, try Lickd to get track credits and unlimited stock music: https://go.lickd.co/soundtrack-your-videos https://artlist.io/clear-content-claims/c66fbeae-1607-4d81-bdc5-8793410773e2?accessCode=8337bfd6-48c7-455b-b3c1-8901adadf364 #socialmedia #latestagesocialmedia #aislop #brainrot #videoessay #motherhoodinprogress

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