he's entirely correct. society previously used to force people to do the things that were good for them: go out, meet people, make friends, meet girls. now we have computers and televisions and everyone stays home alone all the time. it makes complete sense that the further from the environment of evolutionary adaptation we get, the less suited we are for the lives that we live. however, the idea that this is an individual person's responsibility to solve is wrong. obesity, loneliness, smoking, climate change - all of these problems require collective action. if human beings were up to the task of fixing these problems alone they wouldn't be fucking problems. collective action has always been required - that's why humans have always lived in groups and have always had laws. that's why humans have always had governments. these kinds of collective action problems are what governments exist to solve. public money and public effort is for things that people don't want but should have.
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