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> Is it social media? They do cite a number of randomized controlled trials that show it's social media: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w-HOfseF2wF9YIpXwU

by flaque 4y ago

> Is it social media? They do cite a number of randomized controlled trials that show it's social media: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w-HOfseF2wF9YIpXwUUtP65-olnkPyWcgF5BiAtBEy0/edit#heading=h.npba6tvfpq0g https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w-HOfseF2wF9YIpXwUUtP65-... > Or is it also the knowledge that they effectively have no future. Rent is going up and mortgage rates are going up faster. A shrinking portion of young adults can now afford housing. The economy is becoming so disfunctional there's almost no reason to bother participating. When children end up in that position their family will turn on them and they have nothing materially or socially. As a side note, "problems occurring" do not mean "they effectively have no future". Speaking as still a young person, these are problems the last generation has left us. But they're their problems; hold overs from the generations best known for their blood lead levels. We'll fix them and, with any luck, we'll be better ancestors to our children. I'd rather you not throw us over the boat yet.

selfhoster11 4y ago
> We'll fix them and, with any luck, we'll be better ancestors to our children. I think that the anxiety might come from the view that we might not fix those problems in time, because the amount of work needed to do so is that vast.
alar44 4y ago
Sure. We'll fix it tomorrow. In the meantime, let's keep doing what we're doing until someone fixes it for us. Later.
trevcanhuman 4y ago
> As a side note, "problems occurring" do not mean "they effectively have no future". Yeah, but why should I solve them ? Modern media and modern world has taught us that our existence is merely here to satisfy our own needs. Sure, humans' main objective is to prevail the existence of the human species. But why live ? Why exist ? As a person with (recovering?) depression, I am not motivated enough to contribute to anything at all. Maybe making software is my thing. But what are we? endless Consumption machines ? I apologize in advance for not sounding optimistic at all. I think that lackthereof religion has brought us to question our existence even more. With a seemingly more-accessible we've made some things easy (survival, basic needs except mind) and others hard (purpose & happiness, setting expectations).

by flaque 4y ago

selfhoster11 4y ago

> We'll fix them and, with any luck, we'll be better ancestors to our children. I think that the anxiety might come from the view that we might not fix those problems in time, because the amount of work needed to do so is that vast.

alar44 4y ago

Sure. We'll fix it tomorrow. In the meantime, let's keep doing what we're doing until someone fixes it for us. Later.

trevcanhuman 4y ago

> As a side note, "problems occurring" do not mean "they effectively have no future". Yeah, but why should I solve them ? Modern media and modern world has taught us that our existence is merely here to satisfy our own needs. Sure, humans' main objective is to prevail the existence of the human species. But why live ? Why exist ? As a person with (recovering?) depression, I am not motivated enough to contribute to anything at all. Maybe making software is my thing. But what are we? endless Consumption machines ? I apologize in advance for not sounding optimistic at all. I think that lackthereof religion has brought us to question our existence even more. With a seemingly more-accessible we've made some things easy (survival, basic needs except mind) and others hard (purpose & happiness, setting expectations).