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Amount of peace and wealth are clearly not fully predictive of good mental health. Public health officials in England expected a civilian mental health crisis d
by lars 8y ago
Amount of peace and wealth are clearly not fully predictive of good mental health. Public health officials in England expected a civilian mental health crisis during WW2. This didn't happen, the incidence of "neurosis" remained flat.
On some level, humans thrive under hardship. Social cohesion goes up, meaning and purpose comes easy. People who lose their job become less happy, and do not recover until they get a job again. Bill Gates wakes up and goes to his job, not because he needs money but because he needs to matter.
This worries me about AI and automation, universal basic income is needed, but doesn't solve people's need for having a purpose.
- jahaja 8y ago> People who lose their job become less happy, and do not recover until they get a job again. This is just scratching the surface. Why do people that lose their job become less happy? I think it's much more likely a combination of stigmatization, uncertain access to basic needs, and social isolation (friends and family are probably working after all). That the job itself is the sole, or even the main, purpose provider doesn't seem to hold up imo. I think that furthering the skin deep idea of job = purpose isn't helpful in societies obsessed with work.