Dexa/The Art of Manliness

Sensitivity and Harm Perception

Nick discusses how rising affluence and safety in society have led to increased sensitivity to harm, causing milder problems to seem more significant. The shift towards post materialist values also plays a role in this change.

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Related Questions
- Is society becoming too sensitive?
- Is it possible that someone who has not grown up in an abusive home will have a lower tolerance for abuse as an adult?