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Well, now I'm convinced we live in the matrix and the machines are repeatedly slamming the "why the hell not" button. 😒
I mean *gestures at everything.*
Reality tv and social media didn’t only take us down the rabbit hole, they took us down to several levels below the rabbit hole. This ain’t Wonderland we're living in.
Also, underneath the spectacle is unacknowledged and unprocessed trauma, generations of trauma. “Go the therapy” is the call but I wonder: 1.) can people actually access therapy and mental health services and 2.) if they do, how effective are the services honestly, if much of it amounts to a few sessions and a prescription?
That might be enough to cope—and we demand people just cope*—but probably not enough for a thorough look and tools to turn around a life because healing also depends on how motived a person is.
It's easier to blame someone else for problems and then monetize dysfunction and trauma because bad behavior generates clicks and ratings because society rewards dysfunction, not health. Which does not bode well for our future.
What a loss: loss of intelligence, loss of resilience that go into making an interesting and creative culture. Because creativity, at its core, is about problem solving.
*I think there's a difference between coping and resilience.
I mean *gestures at everything.*
Reality tv and social media didn’t only take us down the rabbit hole, they took us down to several levels below the rabbit hole. This ain’t Wonderland we're living in.
Also, underneath the spectacle is unacknowledged and unprocessed trauma, generations of trauma. “Go the therapy” is the call but I wonder: 1.) can people actually access therapy and mental health services and 2.) if they do, how effective are the services honestly, if much of it amounts to a few sessions and a prescription?
That might be enough to cope—and we demand people just cope*—but probably not enough for a thorough look and tools to turn around a life because healing also depends on how motived a person is.
It's easier to blame someone else for problems and then monetize dysfunction and trauma because bad behavior generates clicks and ratings because society rewards dysfunction, not health. Which does not bode well for our future.
What a loss: loss of intelligence, loss of resilience that go into making an interesting and creative culture. Because creativity, at its core, is about problem solving.
*I think there's a difference between coping and resilience.
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