This piece strikes me as very similar to the concepts outlined in the book "Deaths of Despair" by Anne Case and Angus Deaton. This was a fantastic read. The c

This piece strikes me as very similar to the concepts outlined in the book "Deaths of Despair" by Anne Case and Angus Deaton. This was a fantastic read. The callous indifference to society at large is kind of sickening in about half of these comments here. We do absolutely need to address the problems in society, and it takes very little effort to observe it outside of an ivory tower. There are those who are working to change it, and they are being attacked from all sides by nonsense and government sabotage (I'm not talking about protestors, I'm talking about actual social workers and the like being sabotaged by elected officials for decades). Just go outside of your comfort zone in society once in awhile. It's extremely observable. I figured most IT workers would at least have minimal exposure to this, but maybe many of those here didn't start in tech support.