https://eand.co/why-american-life-is-so-bleak-b4cc797f19e5
"It’s almost spring. And do you know what my favorite thing is in the
springtime? Paris. Avignon. Maybe Berlin. Barcelona. Pick a great European
city, and springtime in it’s…beautiful. Breathtaking, even. People pour into
the streets. Life roars back to life. But in America…well…things are different.
When I’m back in America, one thing always strikes me. American life is
bleak. It’s…weirdly…joyless. Now, if you’ve only lived in America, you’ll be
indignant. But come now. Is anybody in America
really happy? Maybe… the
billionaires? Anybody else?
So
why is American life so bleak? What happened? What went wrong, exactly, on
the way to building a modern society? You see, it’s not just my random opinion.
Every statistic imaginable shows it to us. Young people are in crisis,
depression and suicide skyrocketing. Families can barely make ends meet. The
shattering loss of confidence in institutions and trust in society and between
people is all too real. American life really
is bleak. But why?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
