The Media We Consume as Kids Shapes Us As Adults

And the next generation is shaping up to be a good one.

Matthew Maniaci
Thing a Day
Published in
7 min readJun 13, 2022

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Photo by Ke Vin on Unsplash

I read a short post today about how a guy’s brother was doing interviews for a high school, and when they asked him what he did in his spare time, he said “I study Greek mythology.” In reality, his interest in it had been sparked by the book series Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick…

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Matthew Maniaci
Thing a Day

I write about everything from my experience with mental illness to politics to philosophy. Much of my so-called "wisdom" is from Tumblr dot com. He/him/his.