5 takeaways from my roundtable with journalists @RIKKISCHLOTT and @LydiaMoynihan : 1. Social media is driving a wedge between men and women. As Lydia put it, men and women are increasingly living in “separate ecosystems”. We're consuming different content, developing different grievances and increasingly seeing each other through the most extreme examples online. 2. The sexual revolution came with consequences we rarely discuss. Rikki pointed out that it was never universally accepted within feminism that sexual liberation was necessarily empowering. As she put it, “the only feminist vision for the future” became one where sex was an “unambiguous positive”. We've lost the ability to discuss the downsides of progress without being accused of wanting to reverse it. 3. We've lost sight of what actually makes us happy. Lydia described how we've removed “meaning and community and connection out of life” while increasingly treating unhappiness as a medical problem. It raises an important question about how much of our dissatisfaction is biological, and how much is a response to the way we live. 4. Independent creators aren't necessarily independent thinkers. I made the point that creators are still at the mercy of algorithms, sponsors and audience expectations. “You're never told: do this. You're just shown what works.” That can shape the content we produce without us even realising it. 5. We're losing the shared experiences that hold society together. Lydia reflected on how we've moved from a culture where people watched the same programmes and shared common reference points to one where everything is personalised. As Rikki observed, algorithms don't just tailor content to us; over time, they can actually shape who we become. Watch the full interview here: