I would bemoan the general alienation of modern life myself.
But I think one can reasonably ask whether suicide rates have in tracked isolation and alienation overall. Isolation and atomization are a fairly old story, after and while, I wouldn't object to claims they've increased, it's hard to see suicide as a good proxy for these things.
Wikipedia's statistics seem suicides now as significantly greater than the early 2000's but still less than the 1970s. Can we really say anything specific about that?
None of this is saying you're on the wrong track. I simply would like to see better measures for these phenomena.
But I think one can reasonably ask whether suicide rates have in tracked isolation and alienation overall. Isolation and atomization are a fairly old story, after and while, I wouldn't object to claims they've increased, it's hard to see suicide as a good proxy for these things.
Wikipedia's statistics seem suicides now as significantly greater than the early 2000's but still less than the 1970s. Can we really say anything specific about that?
None of this is saying you're on the wrong track. I simply would like to see better measures for these phenomena.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_the_United_States