> The Zen of learned helplessness? You are very much missing the point. > This right now is probably the golden age relative to the rest of it, but we're so c

> The Zen of learned helplessness? You are very much missing the point. > This right now is probably the golden age relative to the rest of it, but we're so caught up in our doom scrolling that it FEELS overwhelmingly bad. How it feels is what really matters. There's little benefit in having a much better material life than any king from the past if people are unhappy. The developed world is facing an unprecedented mental health crisis especially around depression and anxiety and you cannot handwave it away by calling people "spoiled". The typical HN starry-eyed techno-optimism is not helpful.