EPISODE · Oct 29, 2025 · 25 MIN
#215 Justin Bridges | AI Companions and the Cost of Connection
from Stonks Go Moon · host Rocco Strydom
What happens when intimacy becomes a transaction? When validation feels like a drug and “love” turns into labor? Author Justin Bridges (pen name) joins Rocco Strydom to unpack his explosive new novel, Service, a thinly veiled fiction about a tennis pro who spirals through sex/love addiction, hits bottom, and finds recovery.We dig into:Masculinity myths, dopamine loops, and why “rescue” isn’t loveThe porn/AI economy and industrialized intimacyParasocial fandoms, OnlyFans, and algorithmic wiringAbstinence, 12-step recovery, and rebuilding self-worthWhy community (not clicks) is the antidote to isolation
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What happens when intimacy becomes a transaction? When validation feels like a drug and “love” turns into labor? Author Justin Bridges (pen name) joins Rocco Strydom to unpack his explosive new novel, Service, a thinly veiled fiction about a tennis pro who spirals through sex/love addiction, hits bottom, and finds recovery.We dig into:Masculinity myths, dopamine loops, and why “rescue” isn’t loveThe porn/AI economy and industrialized intimacyParasocial fandoms, OnlyFans, and algorithmic wiringAbstinence, 12-step recovery, and rebuilding self-worthWhy community (not clicks) is the antidote to isolation
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