This article is an interesting look at why young men are dating and socializing less. It makes the case that the physical world has become more anxiety-inducing, as economic opportunities have decreased. At the same time, the digital world has made all sorts of risky behaviors, from gambling to speculative investments easier. Some might say, the digital world is designed to encourage this addictive behavior.
These changes are significant because they have now marked a generation and are having profound social and political effects.
It would also seem that the trend seems set to continue, and perhaps get stronger. Where does this leave society in the 2030s & 40s?
Society has nothing productive for young people to do.
It wants them to become slaves or die, and that’s just not a good life with engaging options.
We should expect people to detach and become disillusioned with society when it stops offering the basic requirements of a society.
More people will become stressed and grow apathetic unless they feel like they have agency in the world again.
We are now at a point where wealth inequality is so bad that wealth redistribution is required to make our economies and societies function again, but nobody in charge wants to make those necessary changes happen because they get paid off.