IrvingKrebb
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During a piece about Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade on CBS' Sunday Morning, it was said, that in the US, suicide now kills more people than both car accidents and murder. Twice as many as murder, in fact. The doctor/expert being interviewed, placed the blame squarely on our "inadequate" and "dysfunctional" health care system, which is definitely a good place to start, but no one had much to say about the reason why such a large percentage of the population is suffering from major depression. A number that's been growing steadily since 1999 according to the CDC.
Environmental scientists use frogs, and salamanders, and bees as indicator species. When they start dying off in large numbers or go missing from what should be their natural habitats, scientists know their ecosystem has been wrecked by pollution, and they can use that information to predict what the Earth will be like if we don't stop treating it like a hazardous waste dump.
Maybe the rise in the number of people suffering from depression, anxiety, and substance abuse...to the point where committing suicide seems like the only way to end their suffering, should be considered a pretty good indicator that something is wrong with our "ecosystem." The way we live together, communicate and interact with each other, the way we treat one another - Society. It seems we've polluted that too, and created a culture no longer conducive to supporting human life. We are a culture dependent on drugs - both legal and illegal - that demands constant entertainment and distractions and not-so-subtle reminders that being unhappy is the norm. There's probably something wrong with you if you don't find American culture depressing and society, in general, the people around you, sometimes just waking up in the morning, unbearable. What's really unfortunate is that we now have the tools to come together and call bullshit, and change the things that need to be changed. And yet, we use those tools to highlight our differences and alienate each other in the process.
Environmental scientists use frogs, and salamanders, and bees as indicator species. When they start dying off in large numbers or go missing from what should be their natural habitats, scientists know their ecosystem has been wrecked by pollution, and they can use that information to predict what the Earth will be like if we don't stop treating it like a hazardous waste dump.
Maybe the rise in the number of people suffering from depression, anxiety, and substance abuse...to the point where committing suicide seems like the only way to end their suffering, should be considered a pretty good indicator that something is wrong with our "ecosystem." The way we live together, communicate and interact with each other, the way we treat one another - Society. It seems we've polluted that too, and created a culture no longer conducive to supporting human life. We are a culture dependent on drugs - both legal and illegal - that demands constant entertainment and distractions and not-so-subtle reminders that being unhappy is the norm. There's probably something wrong with you if you don't find American culture depressing and society, in general, the people around you, sometimes just waking up in the morning, unbearable. What's really unfortunate is that we now have the tools to come together and call bullshit, and change the things that need to be changed. And yet, we use those tools to highlight our differences and alienate each other in the process.