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A lot of the "this has happened since the dawn of time" falls apart when you remember we have created in the past 30 years technologies that have never existed and are changing the nature of civilization.

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When you have cried wolf dozens of times 'this time it's different' isn't.

Your example is spurious. Writing had existed for 2 thousand years when it reached archaic Greece. It had existed in Mycenean Greece almost a thousand years before and been forgotten. A Greek decrying "youth these days rely too much on writing" was already an empty worry from the experience of almost 100 generations.

Touchscreens, smartphones and the Internet are a few decades old at most and no one knows the long term impact of them on civilization or the youth. Pretending it's the same is bad reasoning.

So enough time to have two generations of people to grow up with them.

And mental health issues, suicides, are reaching unprecedented levels. Take your head out of the sand.

Suicides are lower than they have ever been.

US suicide rate reaches highest point in more than 80 years: See what latest data shows

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2023/11/29/2022-suici...

I had a feeling you were just trolling...

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