E303. Stop Pandering to Gen Z Radicals - Dumpster Fire

Bridget reacts to her recent "leave me behind" essay going viral and dives into why legacy media stars are desperately chasing a youth demographic that doesn't care about them. She breaks down the difference between building a "territory" for your work versus fighting for "hierarchy" in an algorithm-driven world. It’s a call to stop performing for 20-somethings and start focusing on the "invisible audience" of late Boomers and Gen Xers. 

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Topics covered: Why Gen X is being left behind, the "pick me" energy of modern pundits, Stephen Pressfield's "The War of Art," the Artemis II moon mission launch, and why you shouldn't chase the youth demographic. 

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