> Clinical depression had been slowly rising in the U.S. prior to the COVID-19 pandemic but has jumped notably in its wake. That finger points at the social is

> Clinical depression had been slowly rising in the U.S. prior to the COVID-19 pandemic but has jumped notably in its wake. That finger points at the social isolation hypothesis (though is obviously not hard proof). I wonder if social media is to socializing what fake sugars are to real. It occupies the same sort of space without the benefits, and is more desirable on the surface while generally being worse for you. It's a discount but more easily obtained substitute.