Economic Navel Gazing! What is that? Self-indulgent or excessive contemplation of oneself or a single issue, at the expense of a wider view (source: Google, Oxford Languages). If that doesn’t sound like what is going on with our economy…

Thank goodness you are here for some saving! In this episode, we go virtual. Yeah, that’s right. COVID-19 and the flu have hit us a bit this fall, but we had to do it–record an episode that is. But being remote couldn’t stop us. While we’d rather be face-to-face, we accept that sometimes the metaverse won’t allow for that. So we upgraded our virtual studio and we went…virtual.

Saviors of the Metaverse, the podcast that saves and hopefully entertains, is now a standalone podcast. No, we don’t mean standing at the corner waiting for a bus that will never come. We mean standalone as this podcast has its own real estate on Apple and Spotify and the like. SOM (short for Saviors of the Metaverse) is part of the KazSource Podcast Network. So we’re not totally alone! Although Jared is terrified of loneliness, so to play it safe, give this podcast a listen.

We’re on to the 12th episode of SOM (again, short for Saviors of the Metaverse). And we’re talking ridiculous TikTok trends, navel-gazing, blue check marks, and all sorts of more!

Saviors of the Metaverse 12 Topics | Economic Navel-Gazing + The Kia Challenge on TikTok is a Real Problem

* Twitter Blue Check Mark

* Social media is a cesspool

* Consuming content is a full-time job

* The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World by Dalai Lama

* Are we heading for a recession? | All-In Podcast Episode

* Why is rent so high?

* The cost of milk

* Kia Challenge on TikTok

* The Program (movie) | train incident

* Meta vs Microsoft for the Metaverse

* TikTok algorithm | How TikTok Reads Your Mind

* Friendship apps

* Trends | Facebook Group and website

* Dungeons & Dragons rapid rise

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