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Jul 2020
1h 16m

The Abusive Relationships of Productivit...

Ali & Taimur Abdaal
About this episode
In this episode, we discuss one of Taimur's new fledgling theories about the nefarious parasocial relationships that exist between 'productivity' content creators and their audience. We try and figure out other areas in which this applies, and explore why Ali felt the need to unfollow the various instagram models he'd been previously enamoured with. ... Show More
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