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Modern life is indeed terrible. Being depressed sucks.

I think there is a missing institution that should exist to protect people from market effects.

The raw edge of the market is driving a wedge into people's lives. People need to be protected but they're just a few decisions away from loss.

Society doesn't do enough for the losers of the world, it's a winner take all system.



I don't think markets and mental health are quite as intimately related. I think it's more to do with living in an individualistic society where we have less of a social net to fall back on. And I mean 'social' as in a close-knit community, nothing political.




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