"it would seem that the kids are not, in fact, alright. These measures include rates of isolation, loneliness, unhappiness, self-harm, burnout, anxiety, depression

What follows, then, is just one perspective on our situation that revolves around a single fundamental observation: we are starved for personal relationships but we are simultaneously discouraged from nurturing them, de-skilled in the relevant habits, and sold inadequate substitutes in their place."

theconvivialsociety.substack.c

"It is good to be able to relate to the world in a manner that evokes and engages the various dimensions of our human personhood—embodied, imaginative, intellectual, emotional, moral, spiritual, etc.—particularly in relationship with others. But our techno-economic environment generates an experience of the world that is hostile to this ideal. It operates at a pace, scale, and intensity that undermines our capacity to relate to the world with the fulness of our presence, thought, and care."

"We have optimized our way out of the world and into the machine."

- me

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