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The hosts discuss the importance of not weighing public opinion from the "infinitesimal" population of online critics. They note that much of the negativity on social media is driven by government or corporate bots designed to manipulate opinion, making it easier to ignore digital vitriol.
In the mid-1990s, an evangelist named Jojo Sanchez delivered a prophecy in Hesperia, California, claiming that multimedia would be used to reach millions. At the time, multimedia referred to slide projectors and CD-ROMs, as the internet was in its infancy. The current podcasting and digital ministry efforts are viewed as the fulfillment of that decades-old spiritual directive.
One speaker shares a personal story about their history as an "info junkie" and how they have learned to push back against the constant stream of news. They describe observing a spouse's visceral reaction to a news headline as a classic example of "audience capture." The segment highlights the difficulty of escaping the psychological hooks used by digital media to maintain user attention.
A host discusses a clip of David Bowie reciting the Lord's Prayer during a concert, noting the sincerity of the moment. The conversation touches on Bowie's early predictions about the internet's impact on society and the presence of faith in unexpected public spaces.
