I'm joined by returning guest and friend Joe Jackowski. We discuss Joe's psychological and philosophical ideas. We discuss consciousness and identity's role in forming society, where society may be heading, and what we can do to steer this society in the right direction.

In today's episode, we discuss the dangers of social media and how we interact with it.

By the end of this conversation, we hope listeners understand the tricks being played on users to get them to spend more attention than they should with their devices. Though this podcast centers around the negative aspects, we discuss ways to use these platforms more productively.

Feel free to share your thoughts and insights about how you view social media and what you think are possible solutions to function better!

Toddy Myrick is an IT Specialist with an undergraduate in Fine Art Printmaking & Photography and later completed a graduate degree in MS Information Systems & Technology Management & MBA. Todd has always been interested in technology and acts as a Reddit moderator outside the academic world. In this episode, we get quite biographical as Todd lays out his life and what has influenced him. What shows through is his connection to those around him and the caring he has for people whom he respects. We get to the early 1990s in the chronology of his story, and it will be continued in a future episode of the podcast, so stay tuned!

In this episode, Joe and Erich have a conversation starting with Yuval Noah Harari. Next, the conversation branched into recent philosophy topics Joe has been working with. Finally, we transitioned into a more general discussion on the future's direction and other related ideas.