{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6668a3bca033650012adeb34/6988cdd4e4c954d6d9b0df9e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why Does Society Feel Like an Art Gallery?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6668a3bca033650012adeb34/1770573213701-708f1094-6355-4f3f-b4d2-dbb5e99898d1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>What actually gives people power today?🎙 Park Bench Ontology — existential comedy for the end of the world.</p><p><br></p><p>🔗 Follow &amp; Support:</p><p>🌐 Website: http://gavinstephens.ca</p><p>🎧 Podcast: https://pod.link/uncolonized</p><p>📷 Instagram: @countgavin</p><p>🐦 Bluesky: gavinstephens.substack.com</p><p>🎵 TikTok: @ParkBenchOntology</p><p>📼 YouTube: http://youtube.com/@parkbenchontology</p><p><br></p><p>Also, Check out the Substack: Dispatch From The Simulation</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe and leave a review!</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Episode 5 of <em>Park Bench Ontology</em> explores <strong>sign value</strong> and <strong>social capital</strong>—the invisible currencies that organize modern society. This episode looks at how meaning, status, and recognition now shape outcomes more than material reality, and why so much of life feels like performance rather than substance.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Gavin Stephens "}