Disruptive Empathy

Disruptive Empathy

Why You’re Depressed After 5 Minutes on LinkedIn

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Eric Near
Apr 29, 2026
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There’s a specific kind of low-grade misery that settles in around the third or fourth scroll. You weren’t even feeling bad before you opened the app. You were fine. Maybe a little bored. But then you did it anyway, and now you’re sitting there wondering why your career feels like a participation trophy while everyone else is apparently disrupting indus…

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