Monday, September 15, 2014

Article: "Tech Has a Depression Problem" (The Atlantic)

Roni Jacobson, "Tech Has a Depression Problem," The Atlantic.

Though this article speaks about a small portion of the population - founders of technology start-ups - I think the issues addressed here apply to a broader proportion of our population.  As technology becomes more widespread and societal changes occur more rapidly, our cultural sense of isolation, futility, and fatalism is only bound to increase.  We as a society need to think more carefully about the problems technological change might cause for those vulnerable to mental illness, and whether the advances in technology are worth the costs to our mental health.

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