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Eugene

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2989 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Arthur C. Brooks: Are We Happy Yet?

The more dehydrated they get.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Arthur C. Brooks: Are We Happy Yet?

Exactly right.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Arthur C. Brooks: Are We Happy Yet?

It's also

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Arthur C. Brooks: Are We Happy Yet?

it also does this thing to you where, when you think about like the fame of it all and how powerful it is, I've often thought one of the most genius

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Arthur C. Brooks: Are We Happy Yet?

things that TikTok did that I don't think any other social media platform ever did, but I watched it on TikTok.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Arthur C. Brooks: Are We Happy Yet?

TikTok allows everyone to go viral.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Arthur C. Brooks: Are We Happy Yet?

If you look at old social media, there was sort of like the hierarchy that existed in old media moved into it.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Arthur C. Brooks: Are We Happy Yet?

So on Instagram, it was still like, oh, the most video, the most watched, there's the Kardashian, there's this actor, you know what I mean?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Arthur C. Brooks: Are We Happy Yet?

It was very difficult to just be- Random.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Arthur C. Brooks: Are We Happy Yet?

Random and have, no, no, no.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Arthur C. Brooks: Are We Happy Yet?

TikTok, go to people's accounts,

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Arthur C. Brooks: Are We Happy Yet?

Watch how there's one video almost everyone has that is an outlier, that's a blip in their world.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Arthur C. Brooks: Are We Happy Yet?

And then watch how their usage and posting exponentially jumps off the lens.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Arthur C. Brooks: Are We Happy Yet?

Las Vegas?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Arthur C. Brooks: Are We Happy Yet?

Because the brand actually wants it.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Arthur C. Brooks: Are We Happy Yet?

And the videos get more and more extreme.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Arthur C. Brooks: Are We Happy Yet?

Yo, man, they give you one.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Arthur C. Brooks: Are We Happy Yet?

And I've watched people.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Arthur C. Brooks: Are We Happy Yet?

I've watched people... Like, so crazy... This is the random thing.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Arthur C. Brooks: Are We Happy Yet?

Thank God for me.