Sublime

We are currently in a global mental health crisis that is ruthlessly affecting teens and young adults at a rate unlike anything the world has ever seen. In the dozens and dozens of talks and presentations I’ve given at colleges and universities, this fact seems to be abundantly well-known by those under fifty and almost completely, cluelessly

Avant l’horrible épanouissement de l’« appréciabilité » – l’inclusion de tout le monde dans le même état d’esprit, la soi-disant sécurité de l’opinion de masse, l’idéologie qui propose que chacun soit sur la même page, la meilleure page –, je me souviens d’avoir refusé catégoriquement ce que notre culture exigeait. Plutôt que le respect et la

Large-scale studies around the world have shown that the anti-establishment message of populists resonates the most with highly antagonistic people.35 Physiologically, those who tend to have an antagonistic orientation toward others find anti-establishment messaging particularly emotionally arousing. This downward spiral of antagonism toward others

Two important books, both published in 2018, address the causes, manifestations, and potential dangers of these social changes. They are The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure 68 by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt and The Rise of Victimhood Culture: Microaggressions, Safe

(la mort et l’humiliation publique constituant les deux plus grandes peurs).

modern-day eugenics enrolls each of us in its blood-soaked imagination—asking us to shoulder social problems, inviting us to purchase an illusion of safety, making any demand for robust public investment in the goods, services, and infrastructure required for everyone to live well appear unimaginable.

universities are contributing to the infantilization of our culture by prohibiting any speech that causes offense or discomfort.”

We need to be careful about which kids have access to which products, at which ages, and on which devices. Unfettered access to everything, everywhere, at any age has been a disaster, even if there are a few benefits.