One thing to keep in mind is city-journal.org / manhattan institute is a conservative think-tank (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Institute_for_Poli

One thing to keep in mind is city-journal.org / manhattan institute is a conservative think-tank (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Institute_for_Policy_Research https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Institute_for_Policy... ). The author makes a lot of fair points I agree with but doesn't go into the positive situations - the change where people may have more ability now to get out of toxic families (or at least distance themselves), questioning how we can move beyond just religious congregations of community (perhaps congregation more around bioregionalism?). Or if awareness of resource limitations in the future may be causing less developed-world birth than earlier. Finally, to quote David Chapman - ""Just as there are mental states only possible in crowds, there are mental states only possible in privacy." Loneliness epidemic—or a golden age of privacy?" https://mobile.twitter.com/Meaningness/status/971397606554439681 https://mobile.twitter.com/Meaningness/status/97139760655443...