1:07:44 That is that is a definite strategy that we've identified. And even our surgeon general is out there saying, oh, you know, everyone has, ever since COVID, everyone has loneliness and it's real bad. And you need to be aware. You know, you could have this an epidemic. It's worse than it's worse than AIDS. Do you hear that? So if you, yeah, if you're walking alone. No, I haven't heard that clip. You're saying if you want to dig it up, wow. Yeah, yeah. Finish the statement. Okay, let me hear it. Yeah, let me see. This is Poppy Harlow on CNN and talking with Vivek Murti, our surgeon general in America.
1:08:23 A recent surgeon general advisory found that lacking social connection can actually increase your risk of death by 60%. It also raises the chances of dementia, stroke, and heart disease. And it can be the equivalent of smoking 15 cigarettes a day. You have called this one of the defining issues of our time. And usually when a surgeon general declares something an epidemic, we're talking about AIDS, for example, or cigarettes. That is how severe you believe this is for people. Well, I think one of the things it's. that's really important to recognize is we didn't get here overnight. COVID certainly contributed to this loneliness crisis, but it was a problem long before as a result of lesser participation in the community organizations that used to bring us together, rec leagues, churches, synagogues, et cetera.
1:09:09 But also, the impact of technology and social media has not always been positive. It's often diluted the quality of people's relationships, taking them from in-person interactions to online interactions. This is about quality of friendships, quality of interactions, not quantity. I know the age of social media has convinced us that we need thousands of followers and thousands of friends. We do not. We just need a few people in our life who see us for who we are, with whom we can be ourselves and who can show up for us in a crisis. And hopefully, we can do the same for them. Such an important message around the holidays. This, you know, I didn't even deconstruct it the way I'm going to do now when I played this the first time.
1:09:49 He, so he brushes the third rail by saying, you know, church, synagogue, I don't even think you said mosque, but of course, a majority of people go, I don't believe in all that. But then he goes right into go to the meetup. Go to the meetup, man. Go, go hang out. You should go to the demonstration. You got to be with your people. Chant with them. Chant with them. That's what that message is about. Yes. And that is a movie called Higher Learning that kind of, you know, it's about college campus in the mid-90s. And one of the stars of the movie was named Remy. And he first got there. He was like a middle-American white guy and he didn't fit into any group.
1:10:35 And then the neo-Nazis came like, hey, like the kind of thing, because it works on both ways, right? You can, the, the, the quote-unquote white males that don't fit in can be marginalized, and then their group comes swoops in for them. And then the people that are left-leaning, their group, you know, the solidarity group or the intersexuality group can come in and swoop for them. And now we have, you know, the division that we need, which creates more loneliness, to be honest with you. Yeah, that's the scary thing: is that we, but we saw that. We saw that people were lonely at home. And then, you know, as part of Matias DeSmet's mass formation theory, which
1:11:18 goes back to very old theories and has seemingly proven to be true, that which also comes into the Milgram experiments is, you know, when you're in that situation, you just want a person of authority to show up and say, here's what we're going to do. And whether it's all wearing a mask or taking some medication, whatever it is, people will just do it. This is the human experience, human nature. Or not all people, but 30% for sure, and another 40%, like, eh, might as well just go along. And they show up, the people you're talking about, they don't show up with a solution, they show up who to blame.
1:12:02 Yes. We saw this with COVID, right? Who's killing grandma? Yeah. It's the unvaccinated boy over there. You know what I'm saying? You know, in the corner, you shouldn't have came to grandma's birthday party. You killed grandma. And we have families that are divided to this day over that, or politics, or like I said, sexual identity or even just terminology because you talk about this. The no, dad is this. No, dad, pronouns, pronouns. Those are little cherry bombs being thrown into the family structure. So now it's like, dang, I ain't going to say nothing. And then you don't say nothing.
1:12:43 He's reserved. Dad's not the same anymore. You know, that kind of thing is a 360 operation to have going here. And the point of this show is hopefully to change paradigms. Like you said, when you heard that clip, you heard it a different way than you previously heard it. Hopefully, people, when they start to digest media or propaganda, they'll see this. Right. And at least they'll take time. You know what I'm saying? Like, going back to this, I'm going to say this one last thing: is the seven habits. They say you have the stimulus and you have your response. And that time in between those two things where you choose
1:13:28 where your power is. And that's what I want people to have. You don't have to respond. You can look at social media and like, okay, that was funny. That was rude. Okay. I can see which way society is going or how it's perceived to be going. And then put your phone down and get back to life. Yeah. Don't respond right away, at least. Right. Don't. another thing, just another tip: don't respond. And then when you're buying stuff, put it in your car and leave it for 48 hours unless you need it. And I'll bet you you spend less money because it's the same thing, right? It's the same mechanism. Yes, the same mechanism. All right. I guess we go to number four. Four, create a sense of urgency and desperation.