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What does it mean?
Society has grown increasingly harsh and unkind.
In plain terms
People are being nastier to each other.
What can you take from it?
Notice and resist increasing hostility in daily life.

Where it applies

  • community discussions
  • social media
  • workplace

Putting it to work

  • advocate for empathy
  • set boundaries

Questions to consider

  • Where do you see meanness most?
  • How do you respond to it?

Another view

Not all regions or groups have become meaner.

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