Alienated, Alone and Angry: What the Digital Revolution Did?

Re:Alienated, Alone and Angry: What the Digital Revolution Did? by there_the_and on Friday December 20, 2019 @12:12PM (#21845646)

> widespread fear of crime, immigration (aka the actual sociological results of Robert Putnam, rather than the yammerings of some Buzzfeed wanker), poisonous oligarch funded divisive politics, and the general disintegration of anything resembling a family life or social fabric

This is just a collection of sky-is-falling narratives promoted in the media. Stop letting the endless cycle of negative political and media fads drag you around mentally and emotionally, and instead focus on improving your personal health and the lives of those around you in actual reality.

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Re:Alienated, Alone and Angry: What the Digital Revolution Did? by weberc2 on Friday December 20, 2019 @01:16PM (#21846181)

The fact is that people are being dragged around mentally and emotionally, and telling tens of millions of people to just stop doesn't seem particularly likely to reverse the trend. This is a systemic problem and it demands a systemic response. That response could well be public education programs for processing fear mongering (if you can overcome the obvious political problems).

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