What Robert Greene has said about Social media algorithms
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 12, 2026
Robert Greene, Elizabethan writer credited with the 'upstart crow' pamphlet, has been quoted on Social media algorithms 2 times in 1 episode of Modern Wisdom, most recently on October 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Greene argues that social media has flattened people's experience so that nothing feels surprising anymore.
“I'm just noticing a kind of deadness in people's experience, a kind of flatness, like everything has been flattened out by social media in a way”
Modern Wisdom: “This Is The Most Important Subject I’ve Ever Covered” - Robert Greene - #1162 (Oct 12, 2026) · Listen from 2:42
Greene advises people to become aware of technology's deadening effects rather than abandon it entirely.
“I don't want you to stop all the technology in your life. That's not possible”
Modern Wisdom: “This Is The Most Important Subject I’ve Ever Covered” - Robert Greene - #1162 (Oct 12, 2026) · Listen from 2:10:04
Episodes
“This Is The Most Important Subject I’ve Ever Covered” - Robert Greene - #1162Modern Wisdom · Oct 12, 2026 · 2 h 21 min
Robert Greene tells Chris Williamson about his book on the sublime, covering the daemon, ego, scale, history, paganism and rekindling childhood wonder.
Others on Social media algorithms
- Adam Aleksic · 5 quotes
- Sahar Yousef · 1 quote
- Lex Fridman · 1 quote
- Connor Leahy · 1 quote
Robert Greene on other topics
- The sublime · 3 quotes
- Philosophy of history · 2 quotes
- Finding one's passion · 2 quotes
- Daemon (classical mythology) · 2 quotes
- Ego attrition · 2 quotes
- Christianity · 1 quote
- Paganism · 1 quote
- Artificial intelligence · 1 quote