Say Good-Bye To Context and Even Ryan Murphy Is Doing It

There is less talking. More texting and DM's. Less listening with more people shouting and everyone has their phone out with the camera always rolling. It's a crazy and often toxic world we live in and it seems to make less sense every single day. Today on the Spiritual Spiral Podcast, I felt inspired to talk about what happened yesterday in Central Park with Amy and Christian Cooper. Of course Amy overreacted and was glaringly idiotic and racist when she shouted and called the cops. But I can't help but want to look at the situation from a different perspective. Why didn't Amy just leash her dog after Christian asked? Has she been racist for most of her life or was she just having a bad day? And why did Christian ask Amy to leash her dog? Was the dog threatening him or making too much noise disrupting his birdwatching? Did he ask her nicely? Was he trying to provoke her when he took out his phone and why did Amy feel like she had to call the police? Why didn't she just listen, leash her dog and just move on with the rest of her day? Do any of these subtle points of context even matter anymore? I also talk about a fantastic interview Ryan Murphy had with Kara Swisher on Recode Decode. Ryan was talking about how he's no longer writing series that are over 20 episodes. He describes the cultural trend with people having lesser attention spans as "interesting" but maybe there's nothing interesting about it. Maybe it's pathetic and instead of creating content that is so well done that viewers want to watch MORE, creators are feeling forced to write smaller clips of content knowing that people have dwindling attention spans. Also, is anyone out there watching the credits when an episode ends or do you just quickly click to the next episode? If you enjoy the show, there are a few things you can do that would be incredibly helpful. Please share the show with your friends or head over to iTunes and write a quick review. You can also support the show by visiting my Patreon page at patreon.com/eddiecohn. Visit my website which is www.iameddiecohn.com and sign up for my email list and newsletter. You can also find me on Substack by clicking HERE . You can subscribe to my Youtube channel by clicking HERE and as always, thanks so much for listening and supporting the show. Please reach out on Twitter @eddiecohn with any questions.