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This article is insultingly bad. Americans are depressed because we have no social safety net and are one medical incident away from financial ruin.
by gaze 7y ago
This article is insultingly bad. Americans are depressed because we have no social safety net and are one medical incident away from financial ruin.
- closeparen 7y agoThat link is not exactly clear cut. There’s probably something to it, but there are unhappy rich countries and happy poor ones. https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/01/15/depression-is-not-a-proxy-for-social-dysfunction/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/01/15/depression-is-not-a-pr...
- chadcmulligan 7y agoSo therefore no social safety net and no medical is acceptable?
- dredmorbius 7y agoThat isn't a charitable interpretation of @https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=closeparen's https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=closeparen's response, no matter how laudable the goal you're advocating may be. Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- chadcmulligan 7y agoIndeed, I jumped to a conclusion
- silenussays 7y agoThis article is what happens when kids cram STEM for 20 years and hate on anyone who dares to crack a novel.