Episode 228: Failed Saviors Anonymous

In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk library fines, viral dynamics, sad teenagers, and Easter vendettas. Also, Sarah has quite a run-in at the airport. Click here (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/31/nyregion/nyc-library-fines-books-returned.html) to read the report about returned library books in NYC. Click here (https://mbird.com/everyday/law/second-dates-library-fines-and-doing-good/) to read Matt Pearson's commentary on the returned library books for Mbird. Click here (https://www.wired.com/story/the-end-of-alcohol/) to read Virginia Heffernan's essay for Wired about The End of Alcohol. Click here (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/) to read Jonathan Haidt's essay on Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid. Click here (https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/04/american-teens-sadness-depression-anxiety/629524/) to read Derek Thompson's report on Sad Teenagers. Click here (https://youtu.be/08C-1PB-w3Y?t=2774) to watch/listen to RJ's Easter sermon. And here to listen (https://youtu.be/bUUSe58nOoo?t=1280) to Dave's post-Easter one. For more info about the NYC Conference, click here (https://conference.mbird.com/).