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Doom of the Public (LIVE w/ Niall Ferguson & Martin Gurri)

Uncertain Things

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Climate Change and Teen Anxiety

The media consumption habits of our fellow liberal elites, I think, is far more damaging to our psyches than the actual people around us in our liberal cities. When teenagers are asked why they're so gloomy or depressed or suicidal, they do often cite climate change. It's at least arguable that the constant repetition of alarmist accounts of the imminent end of the world due to climate change has added to the sense of despondency amongst the young people. Gratitude bugs become a personification of this mood. The problem is almost always the adults and the information they're feeding the kids or the behavioral patterns that they are cultivating.

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