How Social Media Rewired our Brains and our World, with Max Fisher

Published: Sept. 9, 2022, 5 p.m.

b'Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below for details.\\nHow does more time spent online result in more havoc and social unrest in the world? In just two decades, social media and its addictive components have changed society in unfathomable ways; how we communicate with one another, how we receive our news, how our societies function and how our societies break down. In this episode Max Fisher, New York Times columnist and author of The Chaos Machine, explores how we have been rewired by algorithms which claim to know us better than we know ourselves. Host for this discussion is technology journalist Chris Stokel-Walker.\\n\\u2026\\nWe are incredibly grateful for your support. To become an Intelligence Squared Premium subscriber, follow the link: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/\\xa0\\nHere\\u2019s a reminder of the benefits you\\u2019ll receive as a subscriber:\\n\\n\\nAd-free listening, because we know some of you would prefer to listen without interruption\\xa0\\n\\n\\nOne early episode per week\\n\\n\\nTwo bonus episodes per month\\n\\nA 25% discount on IQ2+, our exciting streaming service, where you can watch and take part in events live at home and enjoy watching past events on demand and without ads\\xa0\\n\\nA 15% discount and priority access to live, in-person events in London, so you won\\u2019t miss out on tickets\\n\\nOur premium monthly newsletter\\xa0\\n\\n\\nIntelligence Squared Merch\\n\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'