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Another sad downside to people fetishizing work...and the wealth that apparently results. Right now people are just alone and grumbling, but give it another te
by claydavisss 8y ago
Another sad downside to people fetishizing work...and the wealth that apparently results.
Right now people are just alone and grumbling, but give it another ten years and you will see this morph into alcoholism and/or drug abuse. Only a very few will be happy in a society where every interaction is a dick-measuring contest or chance to argue.
It's not too late to move to a hick town, find a spouse, pop out some kids and go to church/temple/mosque (no one gives a shit if you actually believe, it's about being around your neighbors). You will probably end up doing just as well financially as tech workers in SF who are doomed to be lifelong renters. You will definitely be happier.
- koboll 8y ago>give it another ten years and you will see this morph into alcoholism and/or drug abuse Have you looked at rates of alcohol and opiate abuse recently? It's already happening.
- sp332 8y agoI don't really get how moving to a more rural locale would make people less lonely. Looks like suicides among young people are way higher there https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2195006 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/... and people there are about equally likely to report being "connected" to their communities. https://qz.com/1286591/urban-and-rural-america-people-living-in-cities-are-not-any-more-lonely-and-depressed-than-everyone-else/ https://qz.com/1286591/urban-and-rural-america-people-living...
- pnathan 8y agoI've gone from "hick town" and going to church to cities (and going to church). Everything is better except for the light pollution.