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Sex, Drugs, and Social Media Bans
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- Aug 31, 2026
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SEX, DRUGS, AND SOCIAL MEDIA BANS Meta’s multibillion-dollar settlement over alleged harm to young users raises an uncomfortable question: What happens when an algorithm becomes more compelling than the person standing beside you? Jason Padgett and Julie Koehrer start with teenagers, dopamine, sex, drugs, and the stress created by a nonstop stream of bad news. Then the conversation turns to AI agents, reward hacking, micromanagement, data centers, surveillance, and why so many people feel technology is being done to them instead of built with them. Jason shares the operating system he is building across four computers and explains why small organizations may get better results by defining the boundaries and desired outcome, then giving an AI agent room to find its own path. The same principle keeps surfacing: people need agency. Whether the issue is social media restrictions, workplace AI, data centers, or Flock cameras, informed participation matters more than another decision handed down from above. IN THIS EPISODE • How social media may compete with normal human connection • Why Jason is turning agent work into a points-based game • How excessive process rules can encourage reward hacking • Why AI agents and micromanaged employees take similar shortcuts • What communities deserve to know before accepting data centers • How surveillance technology can provide safety and social control • Why expensive Alpha School results need broader testing • What responsible AI adoption looks like when people retain agency TIME STAMPS 00:00 - Julie pauses ChatGPT for vacation 00:48 - Jason’s four-computer AI operating system 02:10 - Teenagers, phones, attraction, and social anxiety 03:24 - Meta’s settlement and addictive social media design 04:08 - Drugs, dopamine, stress, and natu…