Re:Secret’s founder returns with anti-loneliness app Ikaria
by agumonkey on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @09:26AM
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You are very right but it's also true that there's a low hanging fruit factor with 'application' to solve anything which often just shapeshift the problem.
Let's not forget the good old 'use the right tool'
late ps: half kidding, I often wonder what would happen if internet got cut for a long time (week~).
Re:Secret’s founder returns with anti-loneliness app Ikaria
by monkeynotes on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @08:57AM
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Clinical depression aside thinking happy thoughts / thinking positively is proven to help with having a happier life: https://time.com/collection/guide-to-happiness/49947/happy-t...
Anxiety is helped immensely by snapping out of spiraling negative thinking, CBT is pretty much the de facto starting point for addressing anxiety and depression.
I have no data on social apps solving either anxiety or depression. I suspect long-term it is an overall net-negative solution by itself.
Thinking this way is utterly toxic. It puts 100% of the onus to resolve an issue on the individual with no room for people to help each other. You might as well be telling depressed people to "think happy thoughts more" or telling anxious people to "snap out of it and be more resourceful".
No amount of claiming "tech is bad" will change the fact that tech is a great way of connecting people. If an app is useful to bring people who need help together with people who want to help them then that is a very good thing.