[CatWChainsaw]

Singularitarianism is the CS equivalent of ideological brainwashing. STEM degrees aren't immune. ( -Masters in molecular biology).

The explosion of mental health problems in the world and economic dysfunction are not STEM problems, and any solutions likely have their share of public policy as well as making life more enriching. Especially since it's smartphones and social media (technology), aided by the best psychologists money could buy to create addictive algorithms, that hold a good share of the blame for those mental health epidemics. With the rise of the sports betting industry in the US I can only see the financial problems for everyday people getting worse, but I'm sure that the masterminds behind it will blame individual people for not being stronger in willpower than their algorithms are at being engaging. Are we going to technology our way out of that, or are we going to be more mindful about how technology is used?