Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 50 minutes ago
It appears we can’t be left alone to celebrate and enjoy nice things - we have to turn them into pointlessly competitive battlegrounds, making false comparisons and debating which eclipses the other.
In this video, I consider why the media loves stoking childish outrage and division amongst us…and how we might gently rebel against the predictable games we're being baited into playing.
Timestamps
00:00 What Does It Mean to Be Eclipsed?
00:56 England's Euro 2025 Victory and Reasons I Love Sport
02:40 BBC Radio 4 Broadcasting House
03:20 Media Hype or Deliberate Provocation?
03:54 Is this helping "foster nuanced and intricate conversations in today's polarized society"
05:05 Media Responsibility and Online Abuse of Players
06:37 Social Triggers and Our Irrational Tribal Preferences (Radiohead and Comedies)
07:27 Forging Identity By Avoiding Nuance
09:12 Who Profits From My Rage? (and how can we subvert our predictable reactions?)
It appears we can’t be left alone to celebrate and enjoy nice things - we have to turn them into pointlessly competitive battlegrounds, making false comparisons and debating which eclipses the other.
In this video, I consider why the media loves stoking childish outrage and division amongst us…and how we might gently rebel against the predictable games we're being baited into playing.
Timestamps
00:00 What Does It Mean to Be Eclipsed?
00:56 England's Euro 2025 Victory and Reasons I Love Sport
02:40 BBC Radio 4 Broadcasting House
03:20 Media Hype or Deliberate Provocation?
03:54 Is this helping "foster nuanced and intricate conversations in today's polarized society"
05:05 Media Responsibility and Online Abuse of Players
06:37 Social Triggers and Our Irrational Tribal Preferences (Radiohead and Comedies)
07:27 Forging Identity By Avoiding Nuance
09:12 Who Profits From My Rage? (and how can we subvert our predictable reactions?)
