Put an animal in a cage. Shock it repeatedly over time. Pretty soon the animal will only sit in the corner and whimper.
In a society of essentially caged animals, the “news”, almost universally, pervasively “negative”, provides the shock.
It is interesting to see the tribe in control of the news — http://thezog.wordpress.com — and wonder about a culturally-destructive agenda taking place as examined on http://darkmoon.me
“It’s a biochemical disorder with a genetic component with early exposure experiences that make it so someone can’t appreciate sunsets.”
1:53 into video “World Health Org says depression is #4 cause of disability on this planet, and by the year 2025 it will be #2, after obesity and diabetes related disorders.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOAgplgTxfc
15% of person in the room, Sapolsky claims, will suffer a major depression in their lives.
ANHEDONIA – inability to feel pleasure