Are We Amusing Ourselves to Death?
February 19, 2023
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Episode 62 · February 19, 2023
Are We Amusing Ourselves to Death?
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Are We Amusing Ourselves to Death?
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<p>Megan Garber, staff writer at the Atlantic, joins Offline to explain how we’re already living in the Metaverse––not with headsets and legless avatars, but via a continuous stream of immersive entertainment. Jon and Megan discuss how our internet jargon, scandal-to-miniseries pipeline, and former reality TV president all reflect a blurring of fact and fiction. And they ask: when everything becomes entertainment, what remains of our reality?</p><p> </p><p>For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click <a href="https://youtu.be/Of9-09WFpew">here</a>. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.</p>
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