Note that I was specifically talking about people (of all genders/in general) in parts of theAnglosphere being “sensitive”. I’ll quote myself.
In parts of the Anglosphere, people seem more sensitive to an extent that in some cases I would consider them to be overreaching.
Of course, it’s also influencing much outside of it.
Although, there does seem to be a phenomenon where a combination of being young, female, and being politically liberal, makes someone particularly vulnerable to anxiety and depression. This seems to have also increased in recent years in the U.S. https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/mental-health-liberal-girls I do prefer that we can reverse such trends.
EDIT: Apart from quoting a part of my previous comment and stating a preference for there to be less anxiety and depression, everything in this comment is purely descriptive. Are people strong downvoting over offense over that? It’s really not a good sign of community epistemic health.
If you do want my (normative) opinions on all this, I think it’s beneficial and possible for the subset of people in Anglosphere whom I was referring to, to reverse recent trends and become more resilient. There is currently a combination of high false positive rates + expanded notions of perceived malice and of harm, which isn’t very good for your democratic societies, in my opinion.
Note that I was specifically talking about people (of all genders/in general) in parts of the Anglosphere being “sensitive”. I’ll quote myself.
Of course, it’s also influencing much outside of it.
Although, there does seem to be a phenomenon where a combination of being young, female, and being politically liberal, makes someone particularly vulnerable to anxiety and depression. This seems to have also increased in recent years in the U.S. https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/mental-health-liberal-girls I do prefer that we can reverse such trends.
EDIT: Apart from quoting a part of my previous comment and stating a preference for there to be less anxiety and depression, everything in this comment is purely descriptive. Are people strong downvoting over offense over that? It’s really not a good sign of community epistemic health.
If you do want my (normative) opinions on all this, I think it’s beneficial and possible for the subset of people in Anglosphere whom I was referring to, to reverse recent trends and become more resilient. There is currently a combination of high false positive rates + expanded notions of perceived malice and of harm, which isn’t very good for your democratic societies, in my opinion.