Sebastian Junger
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2,422 appearances
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2 series
first heard Jul 2024
last heard 13 Jun
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If that weren't true, we wouldn't be here.
Yeah.
Right?
I talked to a woman who had survived cancer, like bad cancer.
And she barely survived.
And thank God, you know, and she said, but you know, the one thing, she said, the one thing about it is that I miss the cancer ward.
She missed being in the cancer ward with her fellow sufferers because she had never felt closer to anybody.
So if you have a young woman who misses having cancer because it connects her to other people who have cancer, it's clear that our society, for all of its wonderful benefits, and I'm happy to run through the list with you guys if you want, but it's clear that our society is not providing enough human connection to keep people happy.
I mean, I'm not a tech expert, but just as a human being,
It sounds horrible.
It sounds terrifying.
It sounds dismal.
It sounds depressing.
It sounds bewildering.
And a friend of mine was like, oh, it's okay, because then AI will make all the money, and then no one will need to work, and we can just sit around.
I'm like, oh, that worked great with welfare, didn't it?
I mean, the psychological consequences of uselessness, of not participating, are devastating.
I mean, the suicide rate goes up when people retire.
Right?
When men retire, particularly.
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