The impact of loneliness

My presumption is that mankind is less happier now than decades ago. The question is why? I think the main reason for that is associated with modernity. The modern era has humankind to be lonelier. Even though humanity benefits from a better life nowadays, they cannot keep their peace as before. In fact better life represents higher levels of welfare, well-being, life expectancy, hygiene, education, accommodation and so on. It seemed that obtaining them should make people happy but it has not been that simple. 

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Research shows that the number of  mental disease cases have gone up dramatically year after year in the past half century. One fifth of all adults suffer from a kind of depression. This figure is even higher in the big cities. The rate of suicide has been excessively high. All people have had more things to worry about in their everyday lives. All media are full of upsetting stories resulting from mental disorders. Recently I came across a young friend. Apparently she was quite alright, but she told me she had been in a hospital for the past three months, suffering from a very deep depression. She had received thirty shock treatments. It was unbelievable. She said all her problems started after she had realised her mother had a killing cancer. She had had a very hard and sad situation after that until her mother died. Now, however she was released from the hospital, she was still continuing her strict treatment. She had enough wealth, good education, a beautiful face, a good job, nice comfort life, but all she lacked was happiness. She felt lonely and failed to get out of it. 

I think this is not just her problem. It is the main problem of today’s world. Modernity has developed progress in science vastly, but it has had many side effects as well. Loneliness is at the center of that. In the beginning of last century, people got very excited, dreaming of making an entire distinct world in consequence of the pace of discoveries in many fields. They thought their lives will be incomparable with what it used to be like. Now after almost a century, they have realised, that thought was just a naive and childish perception. Now people know that just progress in science is not enough to feel contented. Therefore they are after happiness, good and meaningful life as well.

This argument will be continued.