Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post
I think two things can be true at once. There is no question that given any benefit of process there will be some that will seek to exploit or cheat the system and mental health is perhaps an example of that.

But there is absolutely truth in what's happening too. Young and vulnerable people are suffering from worsening mental health and there are no doubt many causes but a lack of interaction, shared spaces, experiences and events is absolutely part of this. Top of the list here is the millions of people who used to work together and now work alone. It goes way beyond the positives of flexibility or the odd day at home and actually entrenches existing inequalities, with those with happier home lives, large homes, the money to heat them, who have benefitted from decades of in-person learning being far less exposed than the young, those on power incomes, those who benefit from in person learning, those in shared housing etc now asked to work from the same room they sleep in.

There is a real crisis going on, it's not made up at all. Lots and lots of people have real thoughts about what the purpose of this all is and find many aspects of modern life deeply dystopian.
Lots of people drive , a minority get pissed

It's against the law to park in disabled bays unless you have a blue badge , a minority do it

A minority of people are in prison , most people are not

But benefits ? .....oh they are all at ,swinging the lead , I know 4 blokes in my street and my aunty gwen knows even more ! .....gossip , gossip , gossip