What have you looked through already and what kinds of sources do you consider reputable and trustworthy?
Asking because there's a lot of trolling and hostility disguised as curiosity on hacker news lately, and I've wasted a lot of time engaging with these people. Not saying thats you or the guy above you, but I'm not open to spending my time only to receive a dismissive and hostile response discounting my sources when your preferences (obviously different from every other person) would point to different level of burden of proof.
In which case I'm curious, why haven't you already looked for this? What's stopping you? or did you check and couldn't corroborate - why would I answer then for someone who has already started with dismissiveness and demonstrated a filtering perception that won't be open minded? I find it akin to talking to a wall when someone asks for proof when they've already made up their mind that it cannot exist.
> Those statistics are widely known and accepted. Do you need me to provide evidence from that?
No need for that in particular. What I would appreciate evidence for is this part specifically:
> the technical addiction and attention economy that has created more depression and a lower quality of life for most people on earth.
Basically, a source or sources demonstrating all of the following:
1. "Technical addiction" (presumably meaning internet, smartphone, social media etc) is present in the majority of the worldwide population.
2. Technical addiction is the cause of depression (not just associated with depression)
3. Most people on Earth have depression.
4. The overwhelming majority of cases of depression are caused by a technical addiction.
> What have you looked through already
I didn't look up anything in particular in reaction to your message because I was already familiar with plenty of the research on adjacent subjects. For example, I know that while there is a strong correlation between excessive use of digital devices/social media and depression, causation is notoriously difficult to established. I also know that depression prevelance worldwide is far below 50%. Taken together, these made me skeptical of the claim.
But then again, I'm no expert on this topic, and I've been out of the loop for the past 2-3 years, so perhaps there have been some new developments that I'm unaware of, or maybe I'm just not reading the situation correctly. Hence my request. I'm not here to troll.
> and what kinds of sources do you consider reputable and trustworthy?
I'm only asking for the sources that your claim was based on, whatever they may be. I do not expect you to do extensive research for me. But it was a strong claim that you made, so I presumed it was based on some source(s) that you consider trustworthy. If they're easy for you to pull up real quick, I would appreciate the links. If it's too much of a hassle, I understand and no worries at all.
What have you looked through already and what kinds of sources do you consider reputable and trustworthy?
Asking because there's a lot of trolling and hostility disguised as curiosity on hacker news lately, and I've wasted a lot of time engaging with these people. Not saying thats you or the guy above you, but I'm not open to spending my time only to receive a dismissive and hostile response discounting my sources when your preferences (obviously different from every other person) would point to different level of burden of proof.
In which case I'm curious, why haven't you already looked for this? What's stopping you? or did you check and couldn't corroborate - why would I answer then for someone who has already started with dismissiveness and demonstrated a filtering perception that won't be open minded? I find it akin to talking to a wall when someone asks for proof when they've already made up their mind that it cannot exist.
Hi again
> Those statistics are widely known and accepted. Do you need me to provide evidence from that?
No need for that in particular. What I would appreciate evidence for is this part specifically:
> the technical addiction and attention economy that has created more depression and a lower quality of life for most people on earth.
Basically, a source or sources demonstrating all of the following:
1. "Technical addiction" (presumably meaning internet, smartphone, social media etc) is present in the majority of the worldwide population.
2. Technical addiction is the cause of depression (not just associated with depression)
3. Most people on Earth have depression.
4. The overwhelming majority of cases of depression are caused by a technical addiction.
> What have you looked through already
I didn't look up anything in particular in reaction to your message because I was already familiar with plenty of the research on adjacent subjects. For example, I know that while there is a strong correlation between excessive use of digital devices/social media and depression, causation is notoriously difficult to established. I also know that depression prevelance worldwide is far below 50%. Taken together, these made me skeptical of the claim.
But then again, I'm no expert on this topic, and I've been out of the loop for the past 2-3 years, so perhaps there have been some new developments that I'm unaware of, or maybe I'm just not reading the situation correctly. Hence my request. I'm not here to troll.
> and what kinds of sources do you consider reputable and trustworthy?
I'm only asking for the sources that your claim was based on, whatever they may be. I do not expect you to do extensive research for me. But it was a strong claim that you made, so I presumed it was based on some source(s) that you consider trustworthy. If they're easy for you to pull up real quick, I would appreciate the links. If it's too much of a hassle, I understand and no worries at all.