Paul Stamets

One of the things that did happen in that timeframe is the ubiquitous use of social media.

It kind of started peaking around 2012.

I think there is a real problem with that, with the human race.

And I don't necessarily think we recognize things that are constant.

Right.

You know, I think we just get accustomed to things and human beings are very adaptable and we just accept things that this is the way it is.

But before that time, you know, when you get to like 2009, you know, just go to 2000.

People weren't carrying their phones around staring at them all day.

This is a profound change in how we interface with the world.

Just standing there staring at their phones.

They're so addictive.

It's so crazy that we have – anything that's that addictive can't be good for you.

I don't care if you're getting information all day long in the sense of –

Social media, you're getting negative information all day long.

So it changes the perspective.

Well, that was the problem we were talking about, about the media earlier, about the media fueling this stuff.

That's their job, unfortunately.

In this day and age where no one's buying print journalism, their job is to get you to click on something.

And so they have these crazy headlines.

Yes.