Big Tech's Contribution to Global Unhappiness (2023)

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Every year since 2006, Gallup has interviewed around 150,000 people across 142 countries and ask them about their level of happiness. The global scores were very consistent from 2006 to 2011 but over the past 12 years, the world has become a much less happy place.

This video analyzes the Gallup data and explores the contribution of Big Tech to the rising levels of global unhappiness.

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Gallup’s 2023 Global Emotions Report
https://news.gallup.com/poll/507725/global-rise-unhappiness-stalls.aspx

CDC Data on U.S. Anti-depressant consumption 2009-2018
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db377-tables-508.pdf#page=4

Psychology Today article on An Epidemic of Antidepressants
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/out-the-darkness/202003/epidemic-antidepressants

The Pharmaceutical Journal anti-depressant prescriptions (in UK) increase 35% in past 6 years
https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/news/antidepressant-prescribing-increases-by-35-in-six-years

https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/suicide-data-statistics.html

https://drugabusestatistics.org/drug-overdose-deaths/

https://www.theaa.com/breakdown-cover/advice/evolution-of-car-safety-features

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/americans-are-sleeping-less-they-were-13-years-ago

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/happens-body-dont-get-enough-sleep/