by Outcast_Searcher » Sat 13 Jul 2019, 23:59:14
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', 'E')xcess population causes mental disorders.
Is it just population?
Or is it perhaps the rate of change, and all the pressures, social and physical, of which growing population is just one, which is causing so many mental "disorders"?
I read Alvin Toffler's "Future Shock" with some alarm in my mid-20's, as I recall.
With each passing decade, the concept/reality seems more alarming and hits home personally.
Maybe that's largely me getting older (I'm 60 now). Maybe that's largely me no longer trying to keep up with each and every change and gadget and competition to have more for having more's sake, or to show off, etc.
Somehow when the present is in many ways, unrecognizable, to a sane person from a few decades ago, it's hard to imagine this trend isn't continuing to accelerate, and I expect the rate of acceleration will accelerate even more (which gives me a headache).
Given the track record of the perma-doomer blogs, I wouldn't bet a fast crash doomer's money on their predictions.