Dr. Ryan Martin

And sometimes that is like, you know, if I get mad on my way to work because somebody cut me off, right now I could drive them off the road and get in a fight with them, but does that get me to work on time, right? In the way I want, like my goal is to get to my destination safely, right? And so I should focus on that. And anything else that I try and do in that moment doesn't serve me.

And sometimes that is like, you know, if I get mad on my way to work because somebody cut me off, right now I could drive them off the road and get in a fight with them, but does that get me to work on time, right? In the way I want, like my goal is to get to my destination safely, right? And so I should focus on that. And anything else that I try and do in that moment doesn't serve me.

And sometimes that is like, you know, if I get mad on my way to work because somebody cut me off, right now I could drive them off the road and get in a fight with them, but does that get me to work on time, right? In the way I want, like my goal is to get to my destination safely, right? And so I should focus on that. And anything else that I try and do in that moment doesn't serve me.

And I mean, I use an exaggerated example, but even giving them the finger or honking at them, all those things just serve to distract me from my actual goal. And we can think about that in a gajillion different other places, right?

And I mean, I use an exaggerated example, but even giving them the finger or honking at them, all those things just serve to distract me from my actual goal. And we can think about that in a gajillion different other places, right?

And I mean, I use an exaggerated example, but even giving them the finger or honking at them, all those things just serve to distract me from my actual goal. And we can think about that in a gajillion different other places, right?

If I'm, if I get, you know, if I scrolling through social media and I see a post that bugs me, yeah, I can, I can fight back or I can argue or whatever, or I can think about what, what do I, why am I here? Why am I in this space? What's, what is the point of arguing?

If I'm, if I get, you know, if I scrolling through social media and I see a post that bugs me, yeah, I can, I can fight back or I can argue or whatever, or I can think about what, what do I, why am I here? Why am I in this space? What's, what is the point of arguing?

If I'm, if I get, you know, if I scrolling through social media and I see a post that bugs me, yeah, I can, I can fight back or I can argue or whatever, or I can think about what, what do I, why am I here? Why am I in this space? What's, what is the point of arguing?

Maybe there's, maybe there's a good reason to, um, and, and I should, or maybe there's a good reason for me to just scroll on and not care.

Maybe there's, maybe there's a good reason to, um, and, and I should, or maybe there's a good reason for me to just scroll on and not care.

Maybe there's, maybe there's a good reason to, um, and, and I should, or maybe there's a good reason for me to just scroll on and not care.

Yeah, and I was just thinking when you said that, that social media definitely kind of – it almost deflates our anger in some ways because instead of a lot of times it used to be maybe if enough people got angry about something, they would go protest. They would make a difference. They would boycott. They would not use a product or they would stand up.

Yeah, and I was just thinking when you said that, that social media definitely kind of – it almost deflates our anger in some ways because instead of a lot of times it used to be maybe if enough people got angry about something, they would go protest. They would make a difference. They would boycott. They would not use a product or they would stand up.

Yeah, and I was just thinking when you said that, that social media definitely kind of – it almost deflates our anger in some ways because instead of a lot of times it used to be maybe if enough people got angry about something, they would go protest. They would make a difference. They would boycott. They would not use a product or they would stand up.

But now it almost feels like you can comment into – almost a vacuum because of how quick things disappear. And you can just say, well, I commented or I said, you know, or I posted, right, I did something. But then it kind of like just satiates enough the human desire to do something where we don't end up doing things. And then we, as a group, get kind of further and further into this crevasse.

But now it almost feels like you can comment into – almost a vacuum because of how quick things disappear. And you can just say, well, I commented or I said, you know, or I posted, right, I did something. But then it kind of like just satiates enough the human desire to do something where we don't end up doing things. And then we, as a group, get kind of further and further into this crevasse.

But now it almost feels like you can comment into – almost a vacuum because of how quick things disappear. And you can just say, well, I commented or I said, you know, or I posted, right, I did something. But then it kind of like just satiates enough the human desire to do something where we don't end up doing things. And then we, as a group, get kind of further and further into this crevasse.

I think that is a real problem.

I think that is a real problem.