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Further reading on this subject: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-crazy-like-us https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-crazy-like...
by theptip 5y ago
Further reading on this subject: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-crazy-like-us https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-crazy-like...
> In Crazy Like Us, Ethan Watters sounds the alarm about falling psychiatric biodiversity. Along with all the usual effects of globalization, everyone is starting to have the same mental illnesses, and to understand them in the same way.
I’m not sure your certainty on your explanation is justified, this is complex and there are multiple factors interacting. Maybe some kids are pretending, maybe some kids are not. Just because an uptick of specific conditions is occurring, it does not mean that the uptick is people pretending.
- Zababa 5y agoThat's what I thought about too. Very interesting read, seems intuitive in a way, I'd like to see further research done on that subject.