How we created the very problems we think we're solving.
cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/2114210
Ever wonder why our young people are incompetent and depressed?
We raised the age to "protect" them.
cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/2114210
Ever wonder why our young people are incompetent and depressed?
We raised the age to "protect" them.
An explanation of the precursor context to this wouldn't be a bad idea.
Maybe I'm just quickly scrolling but I found this confusing on a cursory read
It was originally an analogy for what we have done with the age of consent. I was in a discussion with a 21 year old who was terrified of sex. Gen Z is lonely and depressed like no other in recorded history. We messed up really bad with the overprotective helicopter parenting and the intense infantilization at ever higher ages.