What if the internet is no longer built for you—but built to trap you? Greg Fish breaks down how social media transformed into a zero-click casino where engagement is faked, sharing is dead, and everything is for sale.
From autoplay death scrolls to spammy notifications, Greg compares the modern internet to a Vegas labyrinth designed to keep you spinning, swiping, and spending. He explains how the web evolved from open forums to walled ad malls—and what we lose when real discovery dies. Learn how platforms are training passive consumption, killing website traffic, and warping human attention for profit.
Revisit the early 2010s to remember what we had—and ask what it would take to get it back.
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Originally aired on 2025-11-26
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