Which best describes the modern condition? Anomie, disenchantment,

There is no "modern condition"

>>1571621
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>>1571621
>>1571629
>Increased instances of autism and mental illness in general
>No "modern condition"
Something here just doesn't add up

>>1573026
>increased amount of cars being bought
>increased amount of smartphones being produced
>no robotic revolution

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Plato's Cave

>>1573063
I'll take a false equivalency for $500, Alex! Maybe if cars and smartphones were conscious what you said would make sense.

>>1573173
Can you prove their not?

>>1573180
Well yeah, they have no observable consciousness. Go outside and ask your car to take a Turing Test. This is pretty weak sophistry famalam

>>1573026
>increased diagnoses of cancer means that people in the past didn't get cancer

>>1573206
Except we know that people 50-100 years ago got cancer, I don't understand what you're trying to say.

>>1573221
What was the true incidence of autism in 1916, genius?

>>1573232
What? I don't think autism was a thing in 1916. Every year that autism has been measured it has been increasing. In the 70's 1/2000 children had autism in 2012 it's at 1/68.

>>1573186
ask a negro to take a turing test

>>1573282
>Every year when we broaden the definition the rate of diagnosis goes up
Truly a mystery of our time

>>1573282
>Every year that autism has been measured it has been increasing.
In other words, as standards and methods of measurement improve, diagnoses also increase?

>Which best describes the modern condition?
Deranged. Like a world unchained from its sun.

>>1573206
>the amount of mental disorder and suffering is flat no matter the society