The internet has warped public life: Politicians behave like influencers, the economy resembles a casino, and people can no longer agree upon a consensus reality. New conspiracy theories, memes, and main characters seem to pop up every day. A constant war is on for your attention, and it’s easy to feel lost. Each week, Galaxy Brain and its host Charlie Warzel invite you into conversations to make sense of the online fire hose. Is AI destroying our ability to think? Do your grandparents have a screen-time problem? Galaxy Brain looks beyond the algorithm and anchors you to the real—however strange it may be.
Episodes
- How the World Cup Finally Won Over America7/17/202634 min
- The Hidden Cost of Optimizing Everything7/10/202645 min
- What Do We Do About Elon Musk?7/3/202650 min
- Why Reading Feels So Hard Now6/26/202647 min
- How to Think About AI Before It’s Too Late6/19/202649 min
- Jomboy on Robot Umpires and the Future of Baseball6/12/202638 min
- How to Win Elections in the Attention Economy6/5/202644 min
- Why Everyone Hates AI Data Centers5/29/202643 min
- How Dropout Cracked Internet Comedy5/22/202642 min
- Chris Hayes on Calibrating Your AI Anxiety5/15/202647 min
- Flipping Off Phones5/8/202652 min
- Did a Human Write This?5/1/202651 min
- How Short-Form Clips Took Over the Internet4/24/202643 min
- Breaking Free From Alex Jones4/17/202658 min