Dr. Alok Kanojia
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Yeah. Oh my goodness. That is so dangerous. Incredibly dangerous. That is incredibly dangerous. I'd love to discuss the sense of purposelessness that I think a lot of people are feeling. I know we're kind of already edging into that, but... I've read statistics that porn addiction is on the rise.
No surprise with the availability of porn having gone through the roof in the last, you know, 10 or 15 years. Suicide is on the rise. You mentioned that, especially among men. I think also, especially among Asian Americans. And that always confuses me because in the UK, Indians are Asians. And in the US, Asians are Orientals. But we don't say Oriental because it's a little bit gauche. Yeah.
No surprise with the availability of porn having gone through the roof in the last, you know, 10 or 15 years. Suicide is on the rise. You mentioned that, especially among men. I think also, especially among Asian Americans. And that always confuses me because in the UK, Indians are Asians. And in the US, Asians are Orientals. But we don't say Oriental because it's a little bit gauche. Yeah.
No surprise with the availability of porn having gone through the roof in the last, you know, 10 or 15 years. Suicide is on the rise. You mentioned that, especially among men. I think also, especially among Asian Americans. And that always confuses me because in the UK, Indians are Asians. And in the US, Asians are Orientals. But we don't say Oriental because it's a little bit gauche. Yeah.
So I'm going to assume that means just everybody who's not... It's not white. Suicide is up. I don't know. This is horrifying because that means if you're like 18 to 24, the most dangerous thing in your life isn't even your car anymore. It's yourself.
So I'm going to assume that means just everybody who's not... It's not white. Suicide is up. I don't know. This is horrifying because that means if you're like 18 to 24, the most dangerous thing in your life isn't even your car anymore. It's yourself.
So I'm going to assume that means just everybody who's not... It's not white. Suicide is up. I don't know. This is horrifying because that means if you're like 18 to 24, the most dangerous thing in your life isn't even your car anymore. It's yourself.
That makes me feel worse, actually, because it's like, well, I'm supposed to feel happy. If you told me I was supposed to feel crappy, like I get in law school. First year is horrible. And everyone's like, it's supposed to be miserable. Then it ends. And you're like, okay. So when it's miserable, you go, everyone's miserable. It's supposed to be miserable.
That makes me feel worse, actually, because it's like, well, I'm supposed to feel happy. If you told me I was supposed to feel crappy, like I get in law school. First year is horrible. And everyone's like, it's supposed to be miserable. Then it ends. And you're like, okay. So when it's miserable, you go, everyone's miserable. It's supposed to be miserable.
That makes me feel worse, actually, because it's like, well, I'm supposed to feel happy. If you told me I was supposed to feel crappy, like I get in law school. First year is horrible. And everyone's like, it's supposed to be miserable. Then it ends. And you're like, okay. So when it's miserable, you go, everyone's miserable. It's supposed to be miserable.
It's much better than somebody being like, wait, you're not having the best time of your life. Everyone else is having a great time. What's wrong with you? You're the only one that's miserable.
It's much better than somebody being like, wait, you're not having the best time of your life. Everyone else is having a great time. What's wrong with you? You're the only one that's miserable.
It's much better than somebody being like, wait, you're not having the best time of your life. Everyone else is having a great time. What's wrong with you? You're the only one that's miserable.
Of which we're not getting a whole lot of. Yeah, I guess if getting purpose externally worked, then tiger parents, whatever the Indian version of that or the white person version of that, that would work really well. But it doesn't. But it doesn't.
Of which we're not getting a whole lot of. Yeah, I guess if getting purpose externally worked, then tiger parents, whatever the Indian version of that or the white person version of that, that would work really well. But it doesn't. But it doesn't.
Of which we're not getting a whole lot of. Yeah, I guess if getting purpose externally worked, then tiger parents, whatever the Indian version of that or the white person version of that, that would work really well. But it doesn't. But it doesn't.
I feel like I might be talking about something separate here, so stop me if I am. But when I was young, when I was like eight or nine, a friend of mine who I grew up with, who I saw recently, reminded me of this. He's like, you're doing exactly what you wanted to do as a kid. And I'm like, what are you talking about? You're talking on, I mean, it's not the radio, it's the modern equivalent.
I feel like I might be talking about something separate here, so stop me if I am. But when I was young, when I was like eight or nine, a friend of mine who I grew up with, who I saw recently, reminded me of this. He's like, you're doing exactly what you wanted to do as a kid. And I'm like, what are you talking about? You're talking on, I mean, it's not the radio, it's the modern equivalent.
I feel like I might be talking about something separate here, so stop me if I am. But when I was young, when I was like eight or nine, a friend of mine who I grew up with, who I saw recently, reminded me of this. He's like, you're doing exactly what you wanted to do as a kid. And I'm like, what are you talking about? You're talking on, I mean, it's not the radio, it's the modern equivalent.
And I was like, oh yeah. And he reminded me of how We used to build FM transmitters in the basement and got plans and went to Radio Shack, which doesn't exist anymore, and soldered the thing together and put an illegal antenna on it that we fished out of someone's garbage and tried to figure out how to power it. And the guy at Radio Shack was like, this is definitely illegal, but whatever.