Why the World Feels So Anxious Right Now

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 0:46: young people, accolades, doing good in the world, Economy

Notable quotes from "Why the World Feels So Anxious Right Now"

• Economy is anxietyprovoking and frustrating right now, especially for young people thinking about moving into the working world. that's happened before, in the history of…

  about young people · at 0:04

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

Concepts & topics

• young people — Concept · 2 mentions · first at 0:06
• Economy — Concept · 1 mention · first at 0:04
  The world is like anxietyprovoking and frustrating right now. I think the economy is anxietyprovoking and frustrating right now, especially for young people thinking about…
• working world — Concept · 1 mention · first at 0:08
  Frustrating right now, especially for young people thinking about moving into the working world. that's happened before, in the history of economics, but I think right now it's…
• history of economics — Concept · 1 mention · first at 0:10
  Young people thinking about moving into the working world. that's happened before, in the history of economics, but I think right now it's like kind of in people's pockets in…
• Politics — Concept · 1 mention · first at 0:19
  Anxietyprovoking way, in a way that it's never been before, right? Like people are hearing about politics and all the bad stuff in the world all the time like digging in their…
• technology — Concept · 1 mention · first at 0:25
  Bad stuff in the world all the time like digging in their pockets, right? So I think technology kind of plays a role too, but I think also like a lot of times we see our young…
• accolades — Concept · 1 mention · first at 0:34
  Going after the stuff that's like not going to matter. it may be like money and prestige and accolades at the expense of something that will give them purpose and a sense of…
• prestige — Concept · 1 mention · first at 0:34
  Going after the stuff that's like not going to matter. it may be like money and prestige and accolades at the expense of something that will give them purpose and a sense of…
• Purpose — Concept · 1 mention · first at 0:37
  Like money and prestige and accolades at the expense of something that will give them purpose and a sense of value, a sense of doing good in the world. And so I think priorities are off a little bit.
• sense of value — Concept · 1 mention · first at 0:37
  Like money and prestige and accolades at the expense of something that will give them purpose and a sense of value, a sense of doing good in the world. And so I think priorities are off a little bit.
• doing good in the world — Concept · 1 mention · first at 0:39
  The expense of something that will give them purpose and a sense of value, a sense of doing good in the world. And so I think priorities are off a little bit.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 the world is like anxietyprovoking and frustrating right now. I think the economy is anxietyprovoking and frustrating right now, especially for young people thinking about moving into the working world. Um, that's happened before, you know, in the history of economics, but I think right now it's like kind of in people's pockets in an anxietyprovoking way, in a way that it's never been before, right? Like people are hearing about politics and all the bad stuff in the world all the time like digging in their pockets, right? So I think technology kind of plays a role too, but I think also like a lot of times we see our young people are really going after the stuff that's like not going to matter. You know, it may be like money and prestige and accolades at the expense of something that will give them purpose and a sense of value, a sense of doing good in the world. And so I think priorities are off a little bit

Questions about this episode

What is discussed in "Why the World Feels So Anxious Right Now"?

In order: 0:00 young people, accolades, doing good in the world, Economy.

What is mentioned in this Young and Profiting episode?

11 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including young people, Economy, working world, history of economics, Politics, technology. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Why the World Feels So Anxious Right Now"?

The episode runs 1 min; the transcript is about 169 words.

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