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It's not a slippery slope, it's an already occurring statistical reality, which of course doesn't mean it applies to literally every single individual, so it's

It's not a slippery slope, it's an already occurring statistical reality, which of course doesn't mean it applies to literally every single individual, so it's odd to put so much emphasis on your personal background, it's not like I was attacking you in particular. But you should note one thing, it's no coincidence that your story involves having a family, social life, and I assume professional work before this became ubiquitous. It is quite a different story to be a young adult trying to build relationships when everyone already lives in a digital bubble. In a sense pulling the ladder up behind you and saying, it's been a huge boon for my family to now live in the comfort of home and online life, which in the past depended on someone being out there in the physical world to begin with. That's a general story of the post pandemic social and workplace changes, they're largely beneficial for people with already developed careers and social networks.

lolinder 2y ago
> so it's odd to put so much emphasis on your personal background Not at all! Mine is but one story of millions. I see no statistical evidence of a correlation between failure to launch and introversion and you have not demonstrated any. And all my anecdotal experience would suggest that there is no correlation. I'm not disputing that the modern world sucks in some ways and that that suck is particularly felt by (extroverted) young adults, but TFA and your own comment strongly imply that introversion is created by the post-pandemic environment and that's simply not the case. What we have isn't introverts "winning" causing everyone else to suffer, what we have is a bunch of sad extroverts sucked into addictive digital media who can't figure out how to get out of the cycle. That is a real problem that should be addressed but is not the fault of introverts wanting to live their best lives, nor do I see evidence that young people who are truly introverted are struggling worse than I did.

lolinder 2y ago

> so it's odd to put so much emphasis on your personal background Not at all! Mine is but one story of millions. I see no statistical evidence of a correlation between failure to launch and introversion and you have not demonstrated any. And all my anecdotal experience would suggest that there is no correlation. I'm not disputing that the modern world sucks in some ways and that that suck is particularly felt by (extroverted) young adults, but TFA and your own comment strongly imply that introversion is created by the post-pandemic environment and that's simply not the case. What we have isn't introverts "winning" causing everyone else to suffer, what we have is a bunch of sad extroverts sucked into addictive digital media who can't figure out how to get out of the cycle. That is a real problem that should be addressed but is not the fault of introverts wanting to live their best lives, nor do I see evidence that young people who are truly introverted are struggling worse than I did.