Is It Just Me Podcast

There is a particular nuance about social media that Layla thinks deserves a closer look: the etiquette and management of the all important "Follow". MJ begs to differ with her approach. What do you think?

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Layla's 5 Rules of Follow Etiquette

CNBC: As Many As 48 Million Twitter Accounts Aren't People

PRWeek: More than half Instragram Influencers 'engaged in fraud', with 45% of accounts fake

Wikipedia on 4-1-1

Doomscrolling, actually a "thing", is defined by Merriam Webster as "referring to the tendency to continue to surf or scroll through bad news, even though that news is saddening, disheartening, or depressing." And MJ is over it. Moreover, she's over the just-sharing bad news! Have an "Is It Just Me" idea? Thoughts on today's conversation? Join us on Twitter or Instagram. And be sure to follow us on Apple podcasts, Spotify, etc to never miss an episode! Fresh pods drop every two weeks.

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Last Ep (including Billionaires in Space convo)

UN Climate Change Conference - Glasgow 2021

Steven Pinker makes the case that the world is getting better

Human Progress: The "good old days" (scroll to "History of Progress")

Rep. Pramila Jayapal claimed in a since-deleted tweet that the US has 1/3 of the world's billionaires and the 4th highest poverty rate in the world.

18 spectacularly wrong predictions made around the time of first Earth Day in 1970

Your Mobile Phone vs. Apollo 11's Guidance Computer

Bren donates $100 million to Caltech project that aims to generate solar power in space and beam it back to earth

UPDATE: Beaming Clean Energy From Space (CalTech)

Voltaire's Candide (including Dr Pangloss) and Leibniz

HumanProgress.org: Light has turned from something too precious to use into something everyone can afford.

Doomscrolling is a lie! We discuss what it is and why we should stop doing it on our next podcast, dropping Wednesday, 10/27.

New episodes drop every two weeks! Be sure to follow us in Instagram, Twitter, Apple Podcasts, etc., to never miss an episode!

Layla & MJ discuss an article Layla recently wrote on LinkedIn, entitled "What if we just let the Rich become Richer". What would be the impact if we start to put out real restraints or curtail wealth accumulation?

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Show notes and links:

NPR: Examining Carter's "Malaise" Speech

Harvard professor (Steven Pinker), author, makes the case that the world is getting better

Bill Gates vs. Jason Hickel

Cryogenic Equipment Market Worth $18.73 Billion

Do people say you tell interesting stories? Ever consider sharing them, maybe on a podcast? We did!

To be honest, we don't really know the perfect way to do it, but since we did actually make one, in our first episode we share how we got started, with some of the trips and mess-ups along the way, and tell you why we call our podcast "Is It Just Me?"

Join Layla K & MJ as we share insights into real world topics that you care about as well. Subscribe to us on Apple podcasts, give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. And remember, it may not be just you thinking this... but it could be!