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I would disagree. The problem is the unnatural, ever expanding range of concern for the entire human population as it increases and as things globalise. We in g
by lsd5you 8y ago
I would disagree. The problem is the unnatural, ever expanding range of concern for the entire human population as it increases and as things globalise. We in general get no additional happiness from remote billions of people and only added risks and concerns. It is hardly surprising that the natural empathy capacity is being exceeded.
Worse the limited amount we do have is manipulated. As remote concerns are selectively beamed into our consciousness via the media.
- hliyan 8y agoI once had this thought myself. Our brains evolved to deal with social grouping of a few dozen individuals at most. Now it's being heavily taxed -- not only do we have to remember and deal with hundreds of individuals, we're no longer just comparing ourselves against others in our tribe/village, but the entire world. And the amount of rules and social conventions that need to be followed are numerous, and the pace of society is breakneck. I'd like to see a study done to see if this is the cause of the rising levels of mental health issues (or is it just more and more diagnoses)? Whenever I hear a report of someone shooting, stabbing or driving a vehicle into random strangers, I wonder whether it is someone who's been broken by the size, speed and complexity of modern life.