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#142 — Addiction, Depression, and a Meaningful Life

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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The Importance of Technical Fixes

World Health Organization has been trying to tell us for years that depression is a human condition with unmet needs. But the best long-term research into chemical antidepressants, the Stardee trial shows most people taking them do become depressed again. We've spent so much time and so much of our money and resources as a society trying to find a physical technical fix where we have not succeeded very well. There's clearly something we're missing in those pictures.

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