Twitter is destroying the idea of redemption

FULL STORY by Jenni Russell: The TIMES....

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Today the writer Johann Hari publishes an intriguing book about the plague of depression, arguing that its principal causes are not broken brains deficient in chemicals but the lack of connection and meaning in contemporary societies. A lengthy extract has gone viral and the book has already been much praised. Hillary Clinton calls it “a wonderful and incisive analysis of the depression and alienation that are haunting American society”. Naomi Klein, the political activist, describes it as “wise, probing and deeply generous”, and the scriptwriter and actress Emma Thompson — presumably responding before December 31 — says it is “the most exciting thing I’ve read this year”.