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Technology is Not Behind the Mental Health Crisis
Reflections on Empathy, Authenticity, and Freedom in the Virtual Age
“Nowadays one can talk with anyone, (…) yet the conversation leaves one with the impression of having talked to an anonymity.” (, The Present Age)
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought, which they seldom use.” (Attributed to Soren Kierkegaard)
The U.S.A. isn’t well in the head. The country is swept up in a massive mental health turmoil. The crisis was addressed in Joe Biden’s , wherein the president outlined a strategy to alleviate this crisis. The follow-up in 2023 can be summarized in one quote:
“Our nation is facing a mental health crisis among people of all ages.”
A CNN/Kaiser Family Foundation poll concurs: . One poignant facet of this crisis is the collapse of mental well-being among youngsters.
Teenage girls hospitalized for self-harm have since early 2010. A conducted amongst high schoolers in 2021 provides further food for thought: 42% “experienced persistent feelings of sadness or…
