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The Mark Driscoll Podcast

The Real Reason Social Media Exists

The Mark Driscoll Podcast

Mark Driscoll

Religion & Spirituality

51.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In this episode, Pastor Mark talks about the demonic reason why social media exists. Tune in to find out!

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0:00.0

In addition, what happens is in our day, social media exists for one reason for you to covet

0:06.1

someone else's stuff to then consume and to purchase something for yourself.

0:11.9

This is what we do.

0:13.2

And the reason we do this, the reason we choose shopping, food, drugs, alcohol, sex, video games,

0:18.5

in the front of your brain, there's a dopamine center.

0:20.8

And if you hit that button, it's a temporary relief and pleasure.

0:24.3

Feels good.

0:25.5

And then there's something we call buyer's remorse.

0:30.0

Buyer's remorse.

0:31.5

But the reason why this is so powerful with your stuff is,

0:35.3

there was a day if you wanted something,

0:37.0

you actually had to work for it.

0:40.0

Right? So let's say you wanted a house. You're like, well, we got to go find land. We got to chop down trees.

0:44.3

We got to turn it into wood. We got da-da-da-da-da. Now you just go online. You have to, okay, let's say you live out in a small

0:55.6

rural town. I really want some shoes. So I need to, first of all, I neither need to walk into town

1:01.6

or I need to get a horse. And then I need to get on the horse and now I need to go into town.

1:05.9

And if it rains, I'm going to be soaking wet because I don't have a roof on me or the horse and there's no heat or air conditioning

1:11.5

so it's probably going to be uncomfortable it's going to be a dirt dusty road and then when I get into

1:15.3

town I go into the store and I tell them I want some shoes they measure my feet and then some guy's going

1:20.3

to make the shoes but I got to come back in a month or two or three and I got to wait for the shoes and then I got to get back on the horse or walk back to the, the, you know, the homestead and then I got to come back and a few, that's a lot.

1:31.1

Now you're just like, Siri, give me shoes.

1:34.3

Ding, she's already got your credit card.

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