932: Scott Galloway and Chris Williamson on TikTok, Propaganda, and Divisiveness
Radical Personal Finance
Joshua J. Sheats, MSFS, CFP, CLU, ChFC, CASL, RHU, REBC, CAP
4.2 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2023
⏱️ 12 minutes
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This is clipped audio from a really interesting interview between Scott Galloway and Chris Williamson. It's a fascinating discussion on several levels. Enjoy!
Original: https://youtu.be/Xw9_IMQ8TLY
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| 0:00.0 | Give me your thoughts on TikTok. I know that you dug into some of the research around that, |
| 0:04.7 | the way that it's been weaponized, and also the impact that it's having on young people. |
| 0:09.8 | So let me just start off as saying I love TikTok. I think it's an extraordinary product. |
| 0:14.4 | I think it was genius to take a platform and say, it shouldn't be social. It's not about what |
| 0:19.1 | your friends think about you. It's not about choices. It's not about finding anything you want, |
| 0:23.7 | like you too, but it's not about, you know, feeling bad about yourself because you don't have a |
| 0:28.2 | six pack or you're not as rich as your friends on Instagram. It's about a streaming media platform |
| 0:33.2 | where there's no choice. You have one choice. You tap the logo and it immediately starts |
| 0:37.3 | calibrating based on what you like, what you swipe up, swipe down on. And before you know it, |
| 0:41.9 | you're in the ultimate tailored individualized, singular streaming media network that is just |
| 0:48.2 | addictive. I could go on to TikTok right now and for a couple hours, just watch it. I think |
| 0:53.5 | my 12-year-old boy, if he had his way, would disappear into his room with his phone, |
| 0:57.8 | put diapers on so we could watch TikTok for 72 hours straight and not have a bathroom break. |
| 1:02.0 | I think this thing is an amazing product. The issue is, if I were a member of the CCP, |
| 1:09.6 | and I saw that we had vested interests in diminishing America's standing strategically in the world, |
| 1:16.0 | and that the easiest way to do that was not with kinetic power because we don't have the capital |
| 1:20.1 | that the U.S. has to spend on aircraft carrier fleets or even through corporate espionage and |
| 1:25.4 | they do a great job of that. I would just take my thumb and very elegantly and insidiously put |
| 1:32.0 | it on the scales of content that reflects America in a bad light. So whether you're Kim Kardashian |
| 1:38.5 | or Joe Rogan or Jonathan Hyde, a lot of your content reflects America in a very positive light. |
| 1:44.7 | And a lot of your content highlights the problems we have. It would be very easy. I believe |
| 1:49.8 | they're doing this now. But I think they'd be stupid not to do this and put their thumb on the |
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