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It make sense to me too. Financial strain, limited opportunities, social exclusion and perceived unfairness can all contribute to heightened stress levels and a

by veunes 2y ago

It make sense to me too. Financial strain, limited opportunities, social exclusion and perceived unfairness can all contribute to heightened stress levels and anger towards life...

ffsm8 2y ago
It might be unfair to focus on this, but that "perceived unfairness" just jumped out at be. My first reaction was to think "it's not just perceived"... but after a little introspecting, I couldn't help but notice how grim that statement actually is. It means that any mistreatment is fine - as long as the person can be distracted from it. And thinking about that reminded me how every new tech since the internet/90th has been increasingly distracting. There is a reason we've started calling it the attention economy after all...
- joquarky 2y ago
  Is something still considered an addiction if nobody cares to stop it? The way many people use the Internet now reminds me of an episode of Star Trek TNG ¹ where everyone is hooked on a game. ¹ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(Star_Trek:_The_Nex...
- WillAdams 2y ago
  A fundamental measurement for this in a modern society is payslope: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/how-one-company-levels-the-pay-slope-of-executives-and-workers/article15472738/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/h... and it really should be a fundamental aspect of how companies are viewed.
- to11mtm 2y ago
  That's the dirty nuance of it. One can certainly have stress or frustration based on truly perceived unfairness. Take the case of someone who gets more test time because of a disability and the ADA. Those who don't know the why, may find it unfair. And there may be people that perceive it as unfair despite it being overall accepted as such. ---- That said your observation is also entirely true in it's own right. You can even distract from the real problem by focusing one's attention on a different unfairness, even if that unfairness impacts them less in the short and/or long term.
- s1artibartfast 2y ago
  Inversely, any difference can become unbearable with enough attention fixated on it.
  - DougN7 2y ago
    And get a public figure/politician to drone on and on about it (whether they believe it or not) is an excellent way to fire up a base and get the base to stop thinking things through as thoroughly. That’s the thing that scares me - country size mobs.

by veunes 2y ago

It make sense to me too. Financial strain, limited opportunities, social exclusion and perceived unfairness can all contribute to heightened stress levels and anger towards life...

ffsm8 2y ago

It might be unfair to focus on this, but that "perceived unfairness" just jumped out at be. My first reaction was to think "it's not just perceived"... but after a little introspecting, I couldn't help but notice how grim that statement actually is. It means that any mistreatment is fine - as long as the person can be distracted from it. And thinking about that reminded me how every new tech since the internet/90th has been increasingly distracting. There is a reason we've started calling it the attention economy after all...

joquarky 2y ago
Is something still considered an addiction if nobody cares to stop it? The way many people use the Internet now reminds me of an episode of Star Trek TNG ¹ where everyone is hooked on a game. ¹ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(Star_Trek:_The_Nex...
WillAdams 2y ago
A fundamental measurement for this in a modern society is payslope: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/how-one-company-levels-the-pay-slope-of-executives-and-workers/article15472738/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/h... and it really should be a fundamental aspect of how companies are viewed.
to11mtm 2y ago
That's the dirty nuance of it. One can certainly have stress or frustration based on truly perceived unfairness. Take the case of someone who gets more test time because of a disability and the ADA. Those who don't know the why, may find it unfair. And there may be people that perceive it as unfair despite it being overall accepted as such. ---- That said your observation is also entirely true in it's own right. You can even distract from the real problem by focusing one's attention on a different unfairness, even if that unfairness impacts them less in the short and/or long term.
s1artibartfast 2y ago
Inversely, any difference can become unbearable with enough attention fixated on it.
- DougN7 2y ago
  And get a public figure/politician to drone on and on about it (whether they believe it or not) is an excellent way to fire up a base and get the base to stop thinking things through as thoroughly. That’s the thing that scares me - country size mobs.