Reality is Dead

Reality is Dead

From The Create Unknown by Unknown Media & Studio71

March 20, 2026 · 2h 22m

About this episode

The episode discusses the decline of reality engagement and childhood skills, alongside a critique of Timothée Chalamet's comments on the arts.

Thanks to MAINGEAR for speeding up everything for us. Check out the VYBE line that’s making up the core of Matt’s new studio -- and use code CREATE for a free additional year of warranty on desktops: https://maingear.com/ref/656/ Join Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thecreateunknown This week Kevin kicks things off by revealing to us his recent feelings of UTTER DEFEAT, and that leads us to a pretty important question…what happens when people stop engaging with reality altogether? He describes for us a recent incident that transcended simply arguing opinions into debating the very fabric of reality itself. When basic relevance becomes the debate, where do you even start? We take that tension and channel it into a dissection of some recent studies into early education that suggest a sharp decline in basic childhood skills, specifically highlighting kids who… can’t use the bathroom on their own. If children are struggling with things that used to be automatic, what changed? Is it technology? Is it shoddy parenting? Or is it something deeper? From there, the conversation turns to Timothée Chalamet’s recent analysis of Hollywood, opera, and ballet. People are up in arms, but……

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Host: Kevin

Topics covered

  • reality engagement
  • childhood skills decline
  • technology impact
  • zombie art forms
  • Hollywood analysis

Keywords

  • reality
  • childhood skills
  • technology
  • Timothée Chalamet
  • zombie art
  • MAINGEAR
  • Patreon

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