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Before you check your social media feeds today. And post. And post again. And get into an argument on Twitter, lose track of time and wonder where the morning went, consider that social media was never a natural way to socialize.\nA cultural anthropologist weighs in on the evolutionary reasons humans can\u2019t thrive on social media. And we hear about the signs that social media is on its way out. If that\u2019s the case, what\u2019s next?\xa0\nGuests:\nMax Fisher\xa0\u2013 Reporter for\xa0The New York Times, author of \u201cThe Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World\u201d\nDouglas Rushkoff\xa0\u2013 Professor of media theory and digital economics at City University of New York, and author of \u201cSurvival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires\u201d\nIan Bogost\xa0\u2013 Professor of Media Studies and computer science at Washington University in St. Louis and a contributing writer at\xa0The Atlantic.\nAlex Mesoudi\xa0\u2013 Professor of Cultural Evolution at the University of Exeter, U.K.\nFeaturing music by\xa0Dewey Dellay\xa0and\xa0Jun Miyake\nBig Picture Science is part of the\xa0Airwave Media\xa0podcast network.\xa0Please contact\xa0sales@advertisecast.com\xa0to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science.\nYou can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on\xa0Patreon. Thanks for your support!\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices