...it appears that we are very close to a societal tipping point and that the years ahead are when we will finally pay the price for decades of exceedingly bad decisions.
If the government is going to have a minimum age for tobacco purchases to “protect children,” then why not a minimum age to engage in skydiving, climbing a ladder, or taking a bath to protect even more children?
If we set out to design a highly addictive platform that optimized the most toxic, destructive aspects of human nature, we'd eventually come up with social media...
"People might be surprised that although overdose was the most common cause of death, it's far from the only cause of death that people using opioids outside a prescription experience at excessive rates..."
Births in Japan are at their lowest level since 1874 when the population was about 70% smaller. Meanwhile, deaths are some 60% higher, and expect to hit the highest level since the end of World War II.
