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Just yesterday we had "City residents live with mental illness at higher rates than general population" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19920393 https://ne
by myth_drannon 7y ago
Just yesterday we had "City residents live with mental illness at higher rates than general population" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19920393 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19920393
Maybe population density is increasing and causing mental issues.
- fsloth 7y agoLarge cities have 15% more of everything when compared to a more loose population. Economic and creative output, but crime and disease as well. It's a statistical fact that no one has been able to explain fully.
- fjsolwmv 7y agoIs it not trivially explained by network effects?
- fsloth 7y agoBy network effects, most likely yes, but not trivially. Geoffrey West's 'Scale' is a popular introduction to the topic, and I highly recommend it.
- johnsimer 7y agoSee the recent HN post on diffusion and how certain things can only diffuse in cities https://www.meltingasphalt.com/interactive/going-critical/ https://www.meltingasphalt.com/interactive/going-critical/
- fsloth 7y agoThank you! I had missed that. I think that is the most important article I've read this month, if not this year.
- HNLurker2 7y agoThat is for spreading it. As far as I know with depression and anxiety you just sit alone in a corner of the class without anyone (but it isn't contagious)
- fsloth 7y agoDepression is contagious. Not in the germ-theory sense, but it is not uncommon that in relationships where a spouse develops severe depression the other one will go through that as well. But yeah, it's not obvious that depression would spread e.g. within a class like a flu.