Worse Friends

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The statistics about the American lifestyle rise and fall, but statistics fail to reveal that modern secular society has some dominant trends that work against true, lasting well-being. These trends include the following—it’s a long list:

·        Ever-increasing stress 

·        Faster and fast pace of living

·        A deluge of distractions including the Internet, social media and games

·        Increasing rates of aging and dementia

·        Rampant consumerism and the debt this brings

·        Several decades of stagnant wages for the middle class

·        The collapse of major safety nets like pension funds

·        Uncontrolled rates of obesity

·        An epidemic of anxiety and depression 

·        Global problems such as climate change, the COVID pandemic, and refugeeism

·        Collapse of trust in public institutions and politics

·        Runaway disparity between rich and poor


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