Maybe not the right forum for this but more and more I'm starting to think we live in an era of artificial scarcity. Basically, everything you can't can and sell is now scarce. Time, health and relationships are basic human needs and I suspect there are systemic problems with a society where these are luxuries.

eg 1. People highly value fitness nowadays to the point that a diabetes drug with an unknown risk profile is now hard to get a hold of. We are an obese society because the sugar and fast food industries have lobbied governments and crafted addictive products and additionally, most workers don't have the time or energy after brutally demanding work schedules to invest in a healthy lifestyle for themselves or their children. I work in tech and at some point I realized what a luxury it is that I can find 40 minutes a day to go jogging and that I have a wife who helps cook healthy meals.

eg 2. With dating apps and social media, people are spending so much time online looking for connection while neglecting their communities. Now, I accept that some countries and cities have always had isolating societies but isn't there a slight tendency to prefer the better looking, wealthier folks on curated social media platforms? I remember when I was single it got to the point that people no longer entertained being approached in person, social media and dating apps had already eaten the world

eg 3. People spend so much time online that we no longer have the patience to have hobbies. How many kids play the guitar anymore? Or do art? We now have AI art generators that basically spit out stock images and morons on reddit who think they're artists without ever having observed a subject, chosen a perspective or proportions, put pencil to paper or applied their hands and minds which is how art truly brings meaning to the artist's life. No one has the time for that anymore, they want to skip ahead to make believe and if someone else calls that out they utterly lose their shit.

We're doing life wrong and we're all really fucking unhappy.