> And less thinking meant less depression and anxiety. That's a pretty big claim. I know you're just putting out your own personal theory and you're not trying

> And less thinking meant less depression and anxiety. That's a pretty big claim. I know you're just putting out your own personal theory and you're not trying to declare you have the "answer", but I don't see how that follows. A first step is establishing that depression is more prevalent now than in the 50s. You'd have to account for the lack of diagnosis then and find some other indicator of the true rate of depression. Not an easy task, for sure, but my first thought is that depression just went untreated then and people became resigned to their lot in life and suffered.