> we've seriously fucked our own society in ways that aggravate this My money is on this option. We have so much more things to cope with, and so much more cha

> we've seriously fucked our own society in ways that aggravate this My money is on this option. We have so much more things to cope with, and so much more change in these things to cope with, than we would have had 1000 years ago. I can imagine that this constant information overload would push some people over the edge that would have functioned well in an earlier society. (Disclaimer: I'm not a specialist in psychiatry or anything like that.)