“Facts don’t care about feelings.” A quote from a conservative guy, who has his own show on youtube, and makes the worst commercial messages, and thinks random ear bleeding guitar shrieking noises, are a good idea for a podcast. First of all, facts don’t care about anything, how could they? Secondly, people almost exclusively only care about feelings. Nobody asks someone out for a drink or gets married or even buys a car, based on facts, feelings always decide. So persuading people about any issue, will involve appealing to human emotions. I don’t understand how some people I really enjoy listening to on youtube, with good content and insightful commentary, including the guy mentioned before, make it impossible to listen to. Joe Rogan and Dan Carlin are two examples of how to do it right, instead of commercial nonsense, or another youtube journalist cutting away every pause between every sentence. And yes, this guy has been doing the same thing now for years, and still every sentence coming out of his mouth, is pasted together like a string of spaghetti that takes 20 mins to suck in to your mouth. I’m still subscribed for his great content, and giving links to even more great content in every video, but it remains so annoying.

We are all emotional and social creatures, and being able to share my feelings with people across the globe, has given rise to a network of social and emotional connections unknown to mankind. Everybody is involved now, the good, the bad and the ugly. Obviously what gets reported on the most, is usually the bad and the ugly. We tend to forget how much good is blooming, how poverty, crime and even pollution are dropping every year, around the globe. But because reporting about any event across the planet, is instantaneous, it often feels like the world is just a horrible place. But I’m not a Debbie-Downer, I see too many awesome things happening every day, in the most unexpected places. The catch is, it takes some effort to wade through the negative and disgusting, ignore the fake news and disinformation, and find some of the amazing new trends and technologies, that are changing our lives.

Another great example of a self appointed guru of success, is Simon Sinek. A guy who is very good at public speaking, and famous for a youtube video about Millenials. What I found interesting was, that he puts forth the idea that we all spend too much time on our mobile devices, which is true. Immediately after he argues that it’s dopamine, a chemical released by our brains, that makes us addicted to clicking and texting. Takes about 2 mins to find out this is not good science, nobody gets addicted to dopamine. But the conclusion feels good, even though it is false, so nobody questions him about this. We are slowly getting more and more responsible for the information provided to us, and like in the super market, there’s too much to choose from sometimes, and what feels good to us, is not always the smart choice. So I would argue, that feelings don’t care about facts, except when they directly impact our lives. My advice is, don’t get stuck in the echo chambers of media that only spout out the ideas and feelings you agree with, have a listen at people you wouldn’t normally hear out. And don’t bother making podcasts with boring commercial messages, irritating noises, or so much cutting in between every sentence, that you sound like a stream of words that can’t wait to be forgotten. Remember to fail at the things you love to do, and learn from every failure.