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@zleap

Social media is jut a tool, some, like any tool, are better at their intended purpose than others. But when they cause harm, that comes from how they are wielded.

It is similar to religion. A bad person will always find a moral justification for what they do, that could be religion, but doesnt need to be. Yet people often blame the religion. Still others will be extremely moral and good people using religion to explain why

@lucifargundam @Chrisleon27

@zleap

Interestingly most dutch people I know rarely post, and dont have many FB friends. They mostly just use it to chat in messenger with their close friends.

@lucifargundam @Chrisleon27

@zleap

I'm not sure big tech is so responsible. If i join a dutch FB group i find very little in the way of mentally unhealthy interactions, but a lot of it in america.

FB is less so the cause of mental health problems and more so simply a place where those problems manifest strongly.

@lucifargundam @Chrisleon27

@pthenq1 valid

@pthenq1

I think it was a tongue in cheek joke. Politics isnt really hard in theory, it is just impossible in practice when everyone is a moron :)

@zleap

I think that **all** medical communities around the world are failures. Some just fail for different reasons and not all of those failures block access to mental health treatment.

@lucifargundam @Chrisleon27

@zleap

That logic breaks down, even if there may be some truth in it. Psychiatrists ultimately are the ones who prescribe psych meds. The doctors who prescribe psych meds are just as inaccessible to the masses as those that provide talk therapy. In fact talk therapy is probably more accessible as there are affordable, albeit out of pocket, online services.

@lucifargundam @Chrisleon27

@zleap

As with most social issues it may be easy to describe the problem, yea extremely difficult to solve it.

That said while there is no one off easy fix if we accept the basic principle of mental health some fixes as first steps become obvious. For starters providing affordable mental health to people is a great start. In the USA even with good insurance you often will have to resort to paying out of pocket to get therapy at all. For many it isnt even an option.

@lucifargundam @Chrisleon27

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." - Einstein

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@zleap

Im not sure thats entierly accurate. In my expiernce the Dutch are sexually rather traditionalist. They arent likely to be casually nude with a person they arent sexual with. Yes there are exceptions on nude beaches and inside a sauna perhaps. But even then it seems to mostly be foreigners and when a Dutch person does engage in it they dont seem to take friends along.

That said they are cool with it from others and their laws do permit it.

This is a common pattern with the Dutch they are extremely tolerant of things they might object to personally. Most dutch dont smoke weed either, but most are perfectly ok with others having the freedom to do so.

@lucifargundam @Chrisleon27

When asked of Einstein:

"Dr. Einstein, why is it that when the mind of man has stretched so far as to discover the structure of the atom we have been unable to devise the political means to keep the atom from destroying us?"

he replied

"That is simple, my friend. It is because Politics is more difficult than physics"

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"The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one." - Einstein in reference to the atomic bomb.

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@zleap

Dutch women are absolutely breath taking. I have never seen an unattractive dutch woman. That probably makes it a lot easier being cool about sex and nudity :) But yes they have a very casual and practical view of sex and bodies. Its not like other countries that stigmatize it and judge. But I'd say that is still under the umbrella of mental health. You cant have mental health and judge people for what they do behind closed doors with another consenting adult.

@lucifargundam @Chrisleon27

"So many people today — and even professional scientists — seem to me like someone who has seen thousands of trees but has never seen a forest. A knowledge of the historic and philosophical background gives that kind of independence from prejudices of his generation from which most scientists are suffering. This independence created by philosophical insight is — in my opinion — the mark of distinction between a mere artisan or specialist and a real seeker after truth." - Einstein

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"Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater." - Einstein

source: Letter to high school student Barbara Lee Wilson (7 January 1943), Einstein Archives 42-606

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"People like you and I, though mortal of course like everyone else, do not grow old no matter how long we live...[We] never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born" - Einstein

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"Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem—in my opinion—to characterize our age." - Einstein

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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly." - Einstein

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