Claudina Bade

So we have this need for social attention. It's a basic need. Whether we're an introvert or an extrovert, that's not what we're talking about. We just have this basic need for social attention. What is different about seeking social attention online?

So we just basically, our, I don't know if I want to call them our intimacy compass, something gets scrambled. We just don't have the category to react or manage that category of social attention. We just don't know what to do with it.

So we just basically, our, I don't know if I want to call them our intimacy compass, something gets scrambled. We just don't have the category to react or manage that category of social attention. We just don't know what to do with it.

So we just basically, our, I don't know if I want to call them our intimacy compass, something gets scrambled. We just don't have the category to react or manage that category of social attention. We just don't know what to do with it.

You mentioned Bo Burnham in your book, and the movie he made, Eighth Grade, when he talked about why he made that movie, he said that same thing, that, you know, he had a similar experience to you. He went viral at a pretty young age.

You mentioned Bo Burnham in your book, and the movie he made, Eighth Grade, when he talked about why he made that movie, he said that same thing, that, you know, he had a similar experience to you. He went viral at a pretty young age.

You mentioned Bo Burnham in your book, and the movie he made, Eighth Grade, when he talked about why he made that movie, he said that same thing, that, you know, he had a similar experience to you. He went viral at a pretty young age.

And then he realized that every eighth grader was having the kind of experience that he had had, which he found so alienating, but that had now become a common experience. Can you read a paragraph for me from your social attention chapter, which I think is relevant to this conversation?

And then he realized that every eighth grader was having the kind of experience that he had had, which he found so alienating, but that had now become a common experience. Can you read a paragraph for me from your social attention chapter, which I think is relevant to this conversation?

And then he realized that every eighth grader was having the kind of experience that he had had, which he found so alienating, but that had now become a common experience. Can you read a paragraph for me from your social attention chapter, which I think is relevant to this conversation?

Just the graph that starts with the social media combination.

Just the graph that starts with the social media combination.

Just the graph that starts with the social media combination.

That really hit me. It's a dark vision. It's like they tap into our thirst perfectly, but then just keep the glass of water just out of reach, you know?

That really hit me. It's a dark vision. It's like they tap into our thirst perfectly, but then just keep the glass of water just out of reach, you know?

That really hit me. It's a dark vision. It's like they tap into our thirst perfectly, but then just keep the glass of water just out of reach, you know?

When we come back, who exactly is benefiting from this attention economy? Why it feels so bad for the rest of us and what we can do about it. That's after the break. We're back, and we're starting with something that everyone who gets social attention from strangers eventually learns.

When we come back, who exactly is benefiting from this attention economy? Why it feels so bad for the rest of us and what we can do about it. That's after the break. We're back, and we're starting with something that everyone who gets social attention from strangers eventually learns.

When we come back, who exactly is benefiting from this attention economy? Why it feels so bad for the rest of us and what we can do about it. That's after the break. We're back, and we're starting with something that everyone who gets social attention from strangers eventually learns.

Yes, it's happened to me. And I was so surprised at how hurt I was. And when I look back, I think, like, I literally don't really know those people. Like, there's just something so, oh, it's like ancient, the feeling. Like, you're being pillory.