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When you have cried wolf dozens of times 'this time it's different' isn't.
by ctrw 2y ago
When you have cried wolf dozens of times 'this time it's different' isn't.
- namaria 2y 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 2y agoSo enough time to have two generations of people to grow up with them.
- namaria 2y agoAnd mental health issues, suicides, are reaching unprecedented levels. Take your head out of the sand.
- ctrw 2y agoSuicides are lower than they have ever been.
- namaria 2y 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...