Dave Rubin’s recent sit-down with Professor Scott Galloway is a wake-up call for every American tired of watching Big Tech worm its way into our minds and our politics. In the November 22, 2025 episode of The Rubin Report, the two cut through the moralizing smoke and named what’s actually happening: algorithms designed for dopamine and engagement are steering people toward outrage, shame, and political extremes.
Galloway and Rubin lay out how the mechanics work — likes, comments, and the constant threat of social exile rewire behavior more than we admit, and much of what goes viral is engineered by bots and outrage incentives rather than honest civic debate. That viral measure of “success” does not equal truth or virtue, yet our institutions treat it like gospel.
Conservatives should not shrug this off as merely a tech problem; it is a freedom problem. When private platforms profit from pushing us apart, censoring dissent, and rewarding performative virtue, the result is predictable: atomized citizens, weakened communities, and a political culture that prizes spectacle over substance. The answer is accountability and cultural muscle, not surrendering our minds to attention algorithms.
The conversation also zeroes in on a crisis most of the media refuses to name: young men losing the hard, formative lessons of rejection, risk, and responsibility because screens and synthetic dopamine replace the real world. Galloway warns that smartphones, pornography, endless scrolling, and AI-driven substitutes are producing a generation unable to build resilience or relationships — a reality conservatives have been trying to address for years.
Rubin’s personal story — quitting Twitter and seeing a dramatic improvement in his mental health — is not a kumbaya anecdote; it’s a strategy. He urges people to audit their addictions and reallocate 8–12 hours a week to fitness, work, and real-world community. That prescription sounds like common sense because it is: reclaim your time, reclaim your mind, and you reclaim your liberty.
This isn’t just about personal choices; it’s about who leads the cultural renewal. Conservatives must stop being reflexive defenders of whatever tech barons dish out and start championing structures that produce strong families, civic institutions, and male mentorship. Push back in your communities, support platforms that respect free speech, and demand that universities stop teaching helplessness and start teaching agency.
Rubin and Galloway did something rare and necessary: they named the machinery of our unraveling and offered a commonsense alternative rooted in responsibility, courage, and real-world connection. For patriots who care about freedom and the future of our country, the choice is clear — don’t be one of the many who passively hand their time, attention, and ultimately their convictions to profit-driven algorithms. Take the difficult steps back to real life and lead by example.
