While I am very much against the idea that “things were better in my day”, I don’t think the idea that the rise of social media, short form content and rapid gratification has had on today’s society and upcoming generations should be tossed out offhand. I do think there is something fundamentally different with some of the content presented nowadays, and how easy to access and addictive it can be.
Maybe it won’t create more, but it can agravante symptoms and lead to increased detection rates