ted (not lasso)
@ted
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?
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I think it's downstream of America having a primarily individualist philosophy/culture (eg lack of interdependence across generations or families in a community). That, combined with physical isolation due to suburbanization/sprawl, compounds loneliness
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That individualist culture is justified because it increases the ceiling for individual success, a la "American Dream", "anyone can make it on their own", but it also lowers the floor for how integrated you can feel in a community. So the tail end of loneliness is deep
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