gloom

This is one of the scariest charts I’ve seen lately

Animals become reclusive when they are scared or hurt — seeing the broader society send the same signal is a harbinger of things to come

The lack of physical connection is directly upstream of polarization, brain rot, collapse of trust, and all the other “discrete” issues

Another adjacent article for why we need to spend more time with friends, esp those who might challenge and not always have the same views as we do https://timharford.com/2024/03/why-friends-are-always-right-no-matter-their-views/ 

Good days when we were kids and could hang out with friends all afternoon, doing nothing special at all.