I think the rise of social media and poor mental health has a much simpler explanation and I think due to occams razor it works out: 1) social media incentiviz

I think the rise of social media and poor mental health has a much simpler explanation and I think due to occams razor it works out: 1) social media incentivizes negative reactions and therefore promotes negativity 2) there is something bad happening all the time that you cannot do anything about For example as an adult does it benefit my mood in any way to hear teenagers aren’t doing ok? Nope. I can’t even do anything about it because I don’t have influence over any teens. But it’s still heavily upvoted on the social media I visit. I imagine the same thing happens on tiktok and Instagram and the like, except teenagers have underdeveloped brains so it’s not like they can even critically think about their consumption.