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A lot of the "this has happened since the dawn of time" falls apart when you remember we have created in the past 30 years technologies that have never existed
by namaria 3y ago
A lot of the "this has happened since the dawn of time" falls apart when you remember we have created in the past 30 years technologies that have never existed and are changing the nature of civilization.
- ctrw 3y agoWhen you have cried wolf dozens of times 'this time it's different' isn't.
- namaria 3y agoYour example is spurious. Writing had existed for 2 thousand years when it reached archaic Greece. It had existed in Mycenean Greece almost a thousand years before and been forgotten. A Greek decrying "youth these days rely too much on writing" was already an empty worry from the experience of almost 100 generations. Touchscreens, smartphones and the Internet are a few decades old at most and no one knows the long term impact of them on civilization or the youth. Pretending it's the same is bad reasoning.
- ctrw 3y agoSo enough time to have two generations of people to grow up with them.
- namaria 3y agoAnd mental health issues, suicides, are reaching unprecedented levels. Take your head out of the sand.
- ctrw 3y agoSuicides are lower than they have ever been.
- namaria 3y agoUS suicide rate reaches highest point in more than 80 years: See what latest data shows https://eu.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2023/11/29/2022-suicide-rate-historical-chart-comparison-graphic/71737857007/ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2023/11/29/2022-suici... I had a feeling you were just trolling...