791 - Ben Sheehan (Part 1): Is the world getting stupider!?

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

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🗓️ 4 November 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Is the world getting stupider? Has social media influenced the way our brain works, or does social media just make it easier for us to see that? In this episode, Ben Sheehan, a former award-winning executive producer at Funny Or Die and author, and I talked about how to come up with viral stories and videos during his time in Funny or Die, and his latest book, OMG WTF Does the Constitution Actually Say?: A Non-Boring Guide to How Our Democracy is Supposed to Work! Listen to this Part 1 out of 2, and Part 2 will come out the same day too! My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book! Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president. I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.8	This is the James Altiger Show.
0:12.8	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:16.0	Ben Sheehan who used to be one of the top writers at Funnier Dai.
0:19.7	He's written a book called WTF, Does the Constitution Say.
0:24.4	And we talk about that but the first thing I wanted to know from him is, is the world
0:29.3	getting stupider when it comes to critical thinking?
0:32.5	The non-stop dialogue on social media has taken a wrong turn and just a general course of dialogue
0:38.9	has declined.
0:40.0	Everyone's gone from discussion to screaming.
0:42.7	So the first thing I do is I ask Ben about this.
0:45.6	I also ask him because he made so many great videos and funny videos at Funnier Dai.
0:50.8	I ask him, how do you make a video viral?
0:53.4	And so in part one we talk about that and in part two we talk more about what the
0:58.1	F does the Constitution say because you know what?
1:00.4	It says a lot of things I didn't even know.
1:02.6	So here goes part one, part two is available today as well.
1:05.8	Enjoy.
1:16.0	So Ben, so nice to meet you.
1:17.5	It's nice to meet you too.
1:18.8	You have such an interesting background also.
1:21.7	I love the Funnier Dai stuff and these Constitution books were great.
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