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chiefalchemistyesterday at 2:42 AM1 replyview on HN

Yes, but the two go hand in hand. Michael Easter talks about it in The Comfort Crisis. He probably used a more technical term, but that term escapes me for the moment. In short, worry is relative. For example, we you have to focus on getting your next meal, minor things get no attention, no concern. Now eliminate the need to worry about food and the minor things get center stage.

The point is, without anything significant to focus on youth today now make the once insignificant significant.

Again, I’m not doing the concept justice, but it is a thing.


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insane_dreameryesterday at 5:31 AM

Fair point, but this discussion has been comparing teenagers today with 40 years ago, not 100 or 140 years ago. Teens 40 years ago in the US at least were (with some exceptions) not worrying about where their next meal will come from.