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What worries me about this is the impact it has on teenagers. My hunch is that this is behind a great deal of the mental health problems we're starting to see
by acuozzo 4y ago
What worries me about this is the impact it has on teenagers.
My hunch is that this is behind a great deal of the mental health problems we're starting to see them have.
Growing gusto depends, in part, on naïveté since it's so easy to be deflated when you're just starting to explore something.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 4y agoHah. Yes. I still remember thinking I was being sophisticated music critic when I talked about "Evanescence" as an example of conversation that is not completely unlike an opera. I also remember the stares I got from older students. I still chuckle at the memory sometimes. To be young again. I think I kinda disagree about the impact on younger people though. If anything, they are more likely to develop appropriate filters than we are.
- acuozzo 4y ago> If anything, they are more likely to develop appropriate filters than we are. I thought so too, but the data seems to suggest that they're not. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02206-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02206-9
- A4ET8a8uTh0 4y agoFascinating stuff. Thank you for sharing this. Since this one is focused on US, is there a similar study done not for US ( I am curious if some US-specific aspects could play a role here ). I am particularly concerned about girls depression rate jump.