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selling author Mark Manson on the chart-topping
podcast The Thrivetime Show. During the show, I
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asked Mark to break down why people reject good
values in our world of political correctness. His
response was on point:

“We simply aren’t aware of our values. I
think part of it is just all the distraction

from all the technology and phones and
blah, blah, blah. We become so caught
up in just this autopilot that we don’t
even realize what our priorities are a
lot of the time. Then I think the second
thing that happens a lot, and I think
this is driven primarily by social media,

is that we like to portray certain values
perhaps online, or to each other, that
we don’t necessarily live or embody or
act in our real lives. I think the problem
is the media environment in general is
rewarding that right now. It’s rewarding
self-righteousness and moral outrage.
It promotes that behavior and that
attitude towards people. I think the

right has had its own dose of that in the
last ten years, but I think right now it’s
the left’s turn to really, really just scold

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