If you buy into the "young people are doomed" narrative, you might want to consider the actual facts, not the vibes on social media. (Too much useful info at that link to reproduce here, a graph below from a different source.)
I know our feelings are what matter. But we are literally infinitely rich. Yet we are destroying our own mental health.
(Maybe see this from doom.com, "Why humans are so good at feeling bad," about why evolution has programmed us to feel bad. But we don't have to be slaves to our genes - a key theme of Losing.)
If we want the world to be better, we shouldn't make it worse.
We don't have to spread doom and despair. We can each make the world better. We can spread joy and hope and wonder and gratitude.
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