Send us a text Most people aren’t overwhelmed because life is too hard; they’re overwhelmed because their world is too big. In this episode of the Intellectual Freedom Podcast, Dr. David Hopkins breaks down why modern life is emotionally crushing us and how to reclaim your sanity by shrinking your sphere of focus. We live in a culture where we know everything about everyone, everywhere, all the time, and the human brain was never designed for that level of input. Drawing from Stoic philo...
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Send us a text Most people aren’t overwhelmed because life is too hard; they’re overwhelmed because their world is too big. In this episode of the Intellectual Freedom Podcast, Dr. David Hopkins breaks down why modern life is emotionally crushing us and how to reclaim your sanity by shrinking your sphere of focus. We live in a culture where we know everything about everyone, everywhere, all the time, and the human brain was never designed for that level of input. Drawing from Stoic philo...
#131: Scroll. Click. Forget. Repeat. How the Algorithm Made Us Shallow (And How to Fix It)
Intellectual Freedom Podcast
29 minutes
2 months ago
#131: Scroll. Click. Forget. Repeat. How the Algorithm Made Us Shallow (And How to Fix It)
We live in the age of short thoughts. Fast clips. Hot takes. Endless scroll. But here’s the uncomfortable truth—our minds are paying the price. In this episode of The Intellectual Freedom Podcast, Dr. David D. Hopkins breaks down how the modern attention economy has quietly rewired your brain—shrinking your focus, flattening your curiosity, and turning deep thought into a lost art. It’s not your fault. You were trained for this. Every notification, every trending sound, every bite-sized headl...
Intellectual Freedom Podcast
Send us a text Most people aren’t overwhelmed because life is too hard; they’re overwhelmed because their world is too big. In this episode of the Intellectual Freedom Podcast, Dr. David Hopkins breaks down why modern life is emotionally crushing us and how to reclaim your sanity by shrinking your sphere of focus. We live in a culture where we know everything about everyone, everywhere, all the time, and the human brain was never designed for that level of input. Drawing from Stoic philo...
