interesting data: while the rest of the world's <35yo suicide rate is trending down, the US is a rare country in which it is trending up.

most attribute our depression rates to smart phones and social media — yet it can't possibly be that given every other country ALSO has smart phones and social media, right? wdyt?

helping build farcaster | surfing @ venice, ca | eating @ gjusta / gjelina | “lucky me, lucky mud”

The US has a very poor social net compared to any of these countries; it is on the extreme end of “I” vs east’s “We” culture, which is a catalyst for loneliness.