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Re:‘I’m Broke and Mostly Friendless, and I’ve Wasted My Whol... by detcader on Thursday November 29, 2018 @04:32PM (#18564236)
How you've written things is exactly how Buddhist mindfulness authors Christina Feldman, Sharon Salzberg, Jon Kabat-Zinn, and Pema Chödrön have been writing and thinking about it. I recommend checking out Wherever You Go, There You Are.

It's clear to me how all of the reaction and distraction we've started to discover that the current Internet lets us cling to will drive people to start seriously evaluating teachings of mindfulness and Buddhism.

Mindfulness interest is trending the highest it's ever been: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=m...

Also interesting, searches for Buddhism peak yearly in the fall/winter?: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=b...

Re:‘I’m Broke and Mostly Friendless, and I’ve Wasted My Whol... by PascLeRasc on Thursday November 29, 2018 @05:01PM (#18564517)
I'm a data point of your last sentence. Meditation and reading Buddhist writings is part of how I survive SAD.