I have a healthy real-life social circle, and I have a very happy life, actually. That doesn't change the fact that among the people I see around me in broader society, I witness a large amount who appear to be barely holding on from the stress of our current social arrangements. The posts from Reddit that show up here periodically represent that cohort. For myself, I'm fine for the moment, but being empathetic, I'd like to help those who demonstrate signs of extreme stress and insecurity. When I look at them and what it is that they do with their lives, the elements that I believe to be making them unhappy are precisely the elements which are being put forward in this thread as progress. Doesn't look like progress to me based on the results...