How the Internet Ruins Young People - Freya India

TRIGGERnometry

Konstantin Kisin & Francis Foster

News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Freya India is a writer and commentator known for her sharp insights on youth culture, mental health, technology, and modern relationships. Freya's Links: Substack - https://www.freyaindia.co.uk Book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Girls®-Gen-Z-Commodification-Everything/dp/1800754701 Triggernometry is proudly independent. Thanks to the sponsors below for making that possible: - MassZymes by BIOptimizers: digestive enzyme formula. CLICK https://bioptimizers.com/trigger. Use code TRIGGER to get 15% off your order. - Get Huel today with our exclusive offer of 15% OFF online with my code trigger15 at https://www.huel.com/trigger15 . New Customers Only. Thank you to Huel for partnering and supporting our show! - Let our sponsor, American Financing, help you regain control of your finances. Go to https://americanfinancing.net/triggernometry Disclaimer: NMLS 182334, nmlsconsumeraccess.org. APR for rates in the 5s start at 6.196% for well qualified borrowers. Call 866-885-1948, for details about credit costs and terms. - Monarch, the all-in-one financial tool. Get 50% Off with CODE: TRIGGER at https://www.monarchmoney.com Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Substack! https://triggernometry.substack.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Shop Merch here - https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. 00:00 – Introduction: Why Young People Are Struggling 02:15 – The Internet’s Grip on Attention & Identity 07:40 – Loneliness, Anxiety, and the Digital Feedback Loop 13:05 – How Social Media Shapes Self‑Worth 18:30 – The Collapse of Real‑World Community 24:10 – The Rise of Hyper‑Individualism 29:45 – Why Young People Feel Lost and Directionless 36:20 – The Problem With Online Activism & Outrage Culture 42:55 – Dating, Relationships, and Digital Disconnection 49:30 – What Young People Actually Need 55:10 – Freya’s Advice for Parents & Educators 1:00:40 – Rebuilding Meaning in a Digital Age 01:23:15 - What's The One Thing We're Not Talking About That We Really Should Be? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Nearly half of Gen Z adults wish social media was never invented,
0:05.0	which you don't really get with any other invention.
0:09.0	Other women were relentlessly sold products and procedures, but we are the product.
0:14.0	But this is happening from maybe age 12.
0:18.0	Companies like Facebook will even track if, you know, a user uses a word like
0:23.2	worthless or insecure and then send them an ad. When I was reading the book, I was thinking,
0:28.7	the pandemic must have a significant part to play in all this. It must do. Teenagers were
0:34.2	already social distancing before the pandemic. So you have online communities, you have
0:40.0	online porn, you have online therapy, you have online lectures, online delivery services. You just don't
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1:19.0	Pray, India, welcome back to Trigonometry.
1:20.9	Thank you so much for having me. It's great to be back.
1:22.6	Oh, it's great to have you. Listen, when we first interviewed you,
1:25.9	it was very clear that you were very talented
1:27.8	writer, but you were still, I think, working part-time in a cafe. And since that time, your
1:32.5	substacks exploded. You've written this great book, which I'm sure would be a big success. You're
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