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Ironically the "society is broken" narrative, aside from being unsupported by the evidence, is often used to sell mindfulness products & services.
by cal5k 8y ago
Ironically the "society is broken" narrative, aside from being unsupported by the evidence, is often used to sell mindfulness products & services.
- FundThrowaway 8y agoI'd argue that the broken society narrative is a subjective opinion and not objectively quantfiable. One man's broken society is another man's utopia, it's all dependent on your personal beliefs.
- collyw 8y agoIts probably as dependent on your position in such a society.
- fastball 8y agoI think there are some measures you can use to say some aspects of society are more broken than in the past, for instance suicide[1]. 1: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/health/us-suicide-rate-surges-to-a-30-year-high.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/health/us-suicide-rate-su...
- cal5k 8y agoSteven Pinker's latest book, "Enlightenment Now", has a pretty good treatment on suicide rates and other "broken-ness" indicators. The data-driven conclusion is that on almost every metric civilization is less broken than before, if it could indeed be called broken at all.
- eeZah7Ux 8y agoWhere's the irony?