Society of Fatigue. Negative Experience in the Era of Excessive Positivity

In this essay, Byun-Chul Han reveals one of his main theses: Western society is undergoing a silent paradigm shift - an excess of positivity that leads to societal fatigue. Each era has its symbolic diseases. The 21st century, from a pathological standpoint, has become neural. Technologies and a culture of convenience give rise to multiple psychological disorders, and the picture of our age is now defined by depression, ADHD, and burnout syndrome.