I’m still on hiatus but this felt necessary. This intermission episode explores how social media and the attention economy have subtly trained us to equate metrics with meaning, output with worth, and visibility with existence, often without us realizing it. Over time, this conditioning leads to social media burnout, digital fatigue, and a constant pressure to perform.

This is a think-piece episode and an invitation to slow down and examine why we create, why we post, and who benefits from our constant production and performance. We’ll question:

• Why we feel pressured to constantly create and perform
• How productivity became proof of relevance
• Who actually profits from our attention and exhaustion

As we approach a tipping point in the attention economy and the emergence of a new paradigm, discernment, se ...