The cause of America's mental health crisis in one chart

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Nov 29, 2022
9:21:30am

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The cause of America's mental health crisis in one chart

Today's pod is a deep one: It's about the sudden and dramatic rise of alone time in America—and the theory that American loneliness is a kind of skeleton key behind social problems ranging from teen anxiety to violence and polarizationhttps://t.co/O9s1SyNBFM pic.twitter.com/CY604scj9U
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) November 29, 2022

https://twitter.com/DKThomp/status/1597584787925241857

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The cause of America's mental health crisis in one chart

Skeptical Optimist

11/29/22 9:21am

Interesting chart but why does it start at zero?

Baron

11/29/22 9:26am

I’m thinking the chart is showing change in time doing things not total time

DanSmith

11/29/22 9:27am

Gotcha. They are using 2013 as the baseline comparison.

Baron

11/29/22 9:28am

Right. Would be interesting to see if this trend started before then, but I

Skeptical Optimist

11/29/22 10:09am

The Internet, especially social media. And 24/7 MSM with little to zero care of

Ed_Harley

11/29/22 9:28am

0 probably represents the # of hours in 2013, and the chart shows the difference

Pro Logic

11/29/22 9:29am

How is this possible when many parents complains they are running from activity

Cougforgood

11/29/22 10:25am

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