Humans are social creatures. For thousands of years we survived by belonging to tribes — walking together, hunting together, sleeping side by side. Now we live as isolated individuals, staring into glowing screens, measuring our worth in likes, comments, followers, subscribers.This is the evolutionary mismatch. We were built for movement, connection, and face-to-face ritual. Instead, we sit alone, scrolling avatars. We confuse engagement with meaning. We confuse attention with worth. We forget that reality exists beyond electricity.And the cost is real: loneliness, depression, anxiety, violence. Young men radicalized online who feel invisible in daily life but powerful in pixels. The assassinations of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson (December 4, 2024) and Charlie Kirk (September 10, 2025) show how twisted this logic can become — murder as a path to trending.(00:00) From Tribes to Avatars (Humans Then vs. Now) (01:00) When “Engagement” Justifies Violence (02:05) Modern Life Is Easier—Is It Better? (03:01) Would I Have Been Better in Another Time? (04:16) Denying Our Design (Why We Resist Our True Habitat) (05:28) Belonging Used to Be a Given (06:18) Untethered from Reality—And Why That’s Dangerous (07:15) People as “It”: The I–Thou Warning (08:01) Audit Your Life: Five Questions for Reality Over Avatars (09:35) Growth Equation (The Takeaway) Growth = Choosing Community over AlgorithmsWhere does this leave us? Are we nomads of options instead of land? Are we tribes of one, floating untethered in digital exile? Can we build a life offline that we’d still be proud of if the power went out tomorrow?Screens aren’t going away. The solution isn’t rejection — it’s balance, routine, and discipline. Freedom comes through structure. You need practices that bring you to zero screen time, even if you sometimes live at one hundred. Walk outside. Share meals. Join real communities. Build a life not dependent on the algorithm.Because belonging isn’t optional. Belonging is survival.Growth = Choosing Community over AlgorithmsBrick by brick, we’ll get there.-🔸 Build with me:Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bricktomarblepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠bricktomarble.com⁠⁠

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