Sapolsky's Biology Challenges Depression Recovery

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Ай бұрын

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Howdy Polymaths! Today we're learning about how determinism doesn't align well with the practice of overcoming mentally disordered states. It's great for understanding the mechanistic, reductionist, biological side of psychological disorders, but it may hinder the free will necessary to overcome them.
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@FlunchzProductionZ Ай бұрын

I appreciate that you explained this phenomena in very clear language, it's almost as if weakness has become a virtue. and strength a vice.

@polymathpark Ай бұрын

that very much seems to be the case in the United States.

@woohooman-fl9vq 29 күн бұрын

How so?

@polymathpark 28 күн бұрын

@@woohooman-fl9vq all conveniences are being commodified by late-stage capitalism, exacerbating mental health and and adding to over-reliance and expectations. It's no longer technology replacing chores, it's anything that take any amount of effort is now made into a market. Even the "effort" of going to the grocery store, you can just order groceries sent straight to your door. The U.S. is also notorious for drive-thru everything, we have drive-thru pharmacies, law firms, etc.

@FlunchzProductionZ Ай бұрын

You should check out the santa fe institute

@polymathpark 28 күн бұрын

I will, have any recommended lectures or professors?

@FlunchzProductionZ Ай бұрын

We should bring back some of the spartan ideals

@user-lz1yb6qk3f 29 күн бұрын

Like killing weak children? Or like mobbing the villagers? I think you should be much more clear with what you say.

@polymathpark 28 күн бұрын

idk if we wanna go back that far...

@ArtisanTony Ай бұрын

It seems depression is a spectrum that is hard to nail down. We all feel it from time to time. That doesn't mean we all need to be drugged :) Pfizer would love that :)

@polymathpark Ай бұрын

pfizer does love that, so does GlaxoSmithKline. These guys literally went over to Japan and infiltrated their cultural understanding of depression with american-style diagnostics so they could sell them depression meds. Crazy story, in my upcoming book [:

@ataraxia7439 19 күн бұрын

Do you know where someone could learn more about that?

@polymathpark 19 күн бұрын

@@ataraxia7439 there are various articles on the controversy, the book Crazy Like US gets into these stories in detail, as does my own.

@Jon.B.geez. 28 күн бұрын

I think people who suffered most from colonialism will be more likely to feel depression (maybe even especially if they live in white countries), and people who were beneficiaries of colonialism will have less depression. I also think that people who benefited most from colonialism would try to link depression to genetics as opposed to history, as a way to manage a guilt complex that comes from identifying themselves with criminals that existed a long time ago.

@polymathpark 28 күн бұрын

that's a well-developed take. The amount of privilege and bias in those that deny legitimate disorders is frightening in the U.S.