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    3 Avg Online Personas
    MORAL_AMERICA_CONSOLIDATED.xlsxCore_MetricsT4
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    44% Identity Consistency
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    4-5% Adult ADHD
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    MORAL_AMERICA_CONSOLIDATED.xlsxCore_MetricsT15
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    2 Avg Online Personas
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    32% Identity Consistency
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    9% Depression Rate
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    6-7 hrs/day Screen Time
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    The Collapse: 2018-2024
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    1 Avg Online Personas
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    14% Depression Rate
    MORAL_AMERICA_CONSOLIDATED.xlsxCore_MetricsT20
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    11% Adult ADHD
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    58% Loneliness
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    3h 45m/day Social Media Time
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    8-10 hrs/day Device Time
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    The Symptoms of Collapsed Identity
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    Identity Whiplash
    MORAL_AMERICA_CONSOLIDATED.xlsxCore_MetricsJ8
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    Performance Exhaustion
    MORAL_AMERICA_CONSOLIDATED.xlsxCore_MetricsK8
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    Moral Vertigo
    MORAL_AMERICA_CONSOLIDATED.xlsxCore_MetricsK26
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    Agency Dissolution
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    SOURCE: Composite; NOTES: Ubiquitous by 2000
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    Meaning Collapse
    MORAL_AMERICA_CONSOLIDATED.xlsxCore_MetricsQ6
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    Vulnerability to Manipulation
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    Reducing information fragmentation (limiting personas to sustainable numbers)
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    Removing algorithmic exploitation (algorithms that don't maximize engagement/addiction)
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    Rebuilding stable contexts (stable jobs, stable neighborhoods, stable relationships)
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    SOURCE: Composite; NOTES: Ubiquitous by 2000
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    Ring 1 - This Article The core argument | You are here.
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    Ring 2 - Supporting Evidence Deeper dives and formal treatments | No connections mapped yet.
    MORAL_AMERICA_CONSOLIDATED.xlsxCore_MetricsG19
    SOURCE: Various; NOTES: Massive increase
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    Ring 3 - Broader Context Related topics across the framework
    MASTER_EQUATION_COMPLETE_FRAMEWORK.xlsx03_Canonical_EquationsF3
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    Ring 3 - Broader Context Related topics across the framework | No connections mapped yet.
    MORAL_AMERICA_CONSOLIDATED.xlsxCore_MetricsK26
    SOURCE: Composite; NOTES: Ubiquitous by 2000
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