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There is a certain level of arrogance in looking at how fundamentally important the family unit is for all of human history, and then deciding that this generat
by dahfizz 5y ago
There is a certain level of arrogance in looking at how fundamentally important the family unit is for all of human history, and then deciding that this generation knows better than the billions who came before us and that marriage / family / kids is a sham.
And shockingly, depression and anxiety is on the rise, we have a "loneliness epidemic", etc because people can't seem to fill that void.
- agumonkey 5y agoWe could argue that modern technology-oriented cultures are even stretching the social fabric. I'm nobody but it seems that survival made most mammals social, but we don't owe our survival to the group now, but to a blurry and large system. So why bother with people when I can swipe for all my needs /s But the thing is, as an ex introvert I can understand, dealing with people is not easy. Just like dealing with love, intimacy, marriage, existence is not easy. But we used to try to find solutions of better quality. Not just "i'm out".
- chc 5y agoIf that were how it worked, we'd expect Utah (the state with the lowest divorce rate) to have very low levels of depression and anxiety compared to the rest of the US. That is not what we see. I don't think it's realistic to say that the alienation of modern society is because we allow divorce.
- throwaheyy 5y agoNot a valid conclusion — you’re not controlling for all other factors that contribute to happiness, such as weather, social environment, local opportunities etc.
- chc 5y agoDefinitely feel free to do all that work if you think there's a case to make. While I agree it's not an exhaustive analysis, I think it's much more rigorous than the comment it was meant to refute.