Volume CCLX — The Victimhood Economy and the Online Tribe - How suffering became currency, and how the algorithm turned wound into identity

Volume CCLX — The Victimhood Economy and the Online TribeHow suffering became currency — and how the algorithm turned wound into identitySuffering is real and deserves genuine care. What has changed is the social value assigned to the public performance of suffering. This episode examines how wound became a unit of social exchange — and how the algorithm created communities with a structural interest in ensuring their members never recover.ReferencedMeta internal research (leaked 2021, reported by the Wall Street Journal): Company’s own studies found Instagram was damaging the mental health of teenage girls, intensifying body image issues, anxiety, and depression.Haidt, J. (2024). The Anxious Generation. Analysis traced the sharp rise in adolescent anxiety, depression, and self-harm across the English-speaking world to 2010–2015 — correlating with mass adoption of smartphones and algorithm-driven social media.Free Book — Where the Work BeginsBefore Approaching the Threshold is the book that shows you where the real work starts. It’s free.Download it here: https://www.codexofthearchitect.com/thresholdWebsite: https://www.codexofthearchitect.com