“Sauron was become now a sorcerer of dreadful power, master of shadows and of phantoms, foul in wisdom, cruel in strength, misshaping what he touched, twisting what he ruled, lord of werewolves; his dominion was torment.”
From " The Silmarillion ", by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien, 1977
The suicide rate in the ten highest smart phone penetration nations is 50% higher than that in ten lowest smart phone penetration nations.
From 1999 to 2018, the increase in suicide has been twice as large among women as it has been among men.
The number of women who use their phones more than 6 hours a day is twice that of men who did the same.
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Suicide among females aged 10–14 increased 300% from 1999 through 2018.
In terms of what’s driving the rise, an article from a website called “the Thinking Housewife” spoke of a “ puzzling ” rise in white suicide, while another media account called the rise " startling ", and another called it a " mystery ", and another said "experts don’t know why ". Officials in Utah are " unsure " why the youth suicide rate has nearly tripled there since 2007.
Drugs, alcohol and tobacco are all recognized as addictive, and all are regulated. Why does technology get a pass?
I grew up addicted to mere Television, and look at what happened to me. I became a crackpot fringe journalist.
Since the dawn of the cell phone era in 1999, wireless technology has been increasing suicide in both men and women.
The suicide rate in the ten highest smart phone penetration nations is 50% higher than that it is in the ten lowest smart phone penetration nations. That’s clear, indisputable evidence that smart phones drive suicide.
Suicide rates in the ten highest smart phone penetration nations are never “very low”. While four of the ten lowest smart phone penetration nations ranked as “very low”. That’s more incontrovertible evidence that smart phones drive suicide.
From 1999 to 2018, the increase in suicide among women in the U.S. has been twice that among men. That’s because smartphones make you want to kill yourself, and women are more addicted to their phones than men.
That’s why a story below from 2017 is headlined " Women are more addicted to their phones than men , says study ".
In it, we learn that “Women spend two more hours each day on their phone than men, according to a study from the Journal of Behavioral Addictions.”
Where the general " more addicted " and " two more hours each day" are used as general hedges against the far more impactful percentage increase. So, I had to do the math.
This study found that women spent 31% more time on their cell phones every day, versus men.
While a South Korean study showed that the number of women who used their smart phones at least 4 hours per day was 77% higher than the men who did the same. The number of women who used their phones more than 6 hours per day was 112% higher t han the men who did the same.
Suicides by males increased 28% from 1999 through 2018. While there was a 55% increase in female suicide during the same time period.
Thus, women using their phones from one third more to just over twice more than the men led to an increase in suicide just under twice that of the men.
If the magic number is six hours per day of use, then we’ve got basically a one-to-one correlation:
The number of women who used their phones more than 6 hours a day was twice that of men who did the same.
From 1999 to 2018, the increase in suicide has been twice as large among women as it has been among men.
Suicide among females aged 45–64 increased 70% from 1999 through 2018.
Suicide among females aged 10–14 increased 300% from 1999 through 2018.
Put another way, suicide among young women more than tripled from 1999 through 2018.
Suicide among females increased between 1999 and 2018 for all age groups, except women aged 75 and over.
Suicide is increasing to greater degrees, the younger you go, demonstrating that suicide rates are increasing with technology use (with the women over 75 using it the least).
The increase is by far the highest in young women, ages 10-14, who are the most addicted to their phones.
The suicide rate is not increasing among women 75 and older, who are the least addicted to their phones.
It will be interesting to see how long it takes us to get past this as a species, and how we go about it.
Given the fact that sales of so-called “smart” phones started dropping two or more years ago, I don’t think it’s going to take very long.
Since you are one of only a minute percentage of people alive reading this article, you already know that there’s a war on. It’s Etheric, and we’re winning it.
People aren’t laughing at my flip phone or my Orgonite, so much, like they were ten years ago.
But Rome wasn’t destroyed in a day. Consider stepping up and ditching the death brick in your pocket. Strike a blow for freedom, namely your own, and get a flip phone.
And, if you haven’t already done so, please consider making or ordering some simple, inexpensive Orgonite devices based on Wilhelm Reich’s work, and distributing them where you live and work today.
Jeff Miller, Brooklyn, New York, June 18, 2020
July 24, 2017 - Women are more addicted to their phones than men, says study
Women spend two more hours each day on their phone than men, according to a study from the Journal of Behavioral Addictions.
Women reported spending 600 minutes on their cell phones everyday opposed to men spending 459 minutes on their cell phones every day.
January 2, 2019 - “The suicide rate in the ten highest smart phone penetration nations is 50% higher than that in ten lowest smart phone penetration nations” by Jeff Miller
Smart Phones Drive Their Users to Take Their Own Lives
A 2012 article in the American Journal of Public Health noted that more people using the internet was positively correlated to a higher general population suicide rate.
Another study in the U.S. found that Problematic Cell Phone Use was associated with suicidal tendencies among all groups of adolescents, with suicidal ideation increased by 11.74% and suicide attempts increased by 28% among problematic cell phone users, over those not so afflicted.
A 2012 article in the American Journal of Public Health noted that “more people using the internet is positively correlated to a higher general population suicide rate.”
Suicide is now a leading cause of death for Nebraska teenagers …“a new study had found that Internet use was among the top contributing risk factors.”
Teenagers who spend 5 hours a day on electronic devices are 71% more likely to have suicide risk factors than those with one-hour use.
Of the ten lowest smart phone penetration nations, four are ranked “very low” in terms of suicide rate, two are ranked “low”, two are ranked “medium”, and two are ranked “high.”
While, of the ten highest smart phone penetration nations, none are ranked “very low” in terms of suicide rate, four are ranked “low”, five are ranked “medium”, and one is ranked “high”.
An so thus we see that suicide rates are never very low where there is high smart phone penetration.
If we give a numerical rating of 1 for very low, 2 for low, 3 for medium, and 4 four for high:
low - 4, 4, 6, 4 - 18
high - 0, 8, 15, 4 - 27
The suicide rate in the ten highest smart phone penetration nations is 50% higher than that in ten lowest smart phone penetration nations.
In 2017, 67.3 percent of the U.S. population used a smartphone.
In 2019, the suicide rate in the U.S. was 33% higher than it was in 1999.
As of 2019, nine out of 10 South Koreans used a smartphone, marking the highest level of smartphone ownership in the world.
As of 2019, South Korea had the highest rate of deaths by suicide in the developed world.
June 5, 2019 - Gloomy social climate fueling suicide rate in Korea
Spain ranks 8th in terms of smart phone penetration, at 72.5%. In 2016, suicide rates in Spain reached record highs. The media there attributes the sudden increase to the highest suicide levels ever recorded in Spain to “economic crisis”, “European austerity” and “harsh spending cuts.”
At 88%, South Korea’s so-called “smart” phone penetration is the highest on Earth. They’re also number three in terms of suicide rate, in the “High” category, at 29.34. The suicide rate in South Korea has tripled in 25 years. Since 1990, death by intentional self-harm increased 122.0% for men and 217.4% for women in South Korea. And suicide is the leading cause of death among South Korean teens.
A South Korean study of 1,601 middle and high school students showed a correlation between smartphone addiction and suicidal thoughts. Addiction to the devices had a greater influence on suicidal thoughts than other factors such as gender, family or standard of living.
The study showed female students, students with a single parent or without parents and students with low standard of living had more suicidal thoughts, but such thoughts were more frequent for students addicted to smartphones. Smartphone addiction also had a negative correlation with self control. (Phone) Addicted students said they had difficulty quitting bad habits, that they often failed to complete tasks in a given time and that they were lazy. Smartphone-addicted students were also more likely to have trouble controlling themselves, putting them at greater risk of suicidal thoughts.
Australia has the second-highest smart phone penetration on Earth, at 77%. The overall suicide rate in Australia rose 15% from 2013 to 2015. It increased 10% from 2013 to 2014, and rose 5% from 2014 to 2015.
The United States has the fourth-highest smart phone penetration, at 71%. The overall suicide rate in the U.S. rose by 24 percent from 1999 to 2014, with the pace of the increase greater after 2006.
In Minnesota, the suicide rate increased 6% in 2015, to the highest levels ever recorded.
The suicide rate among US veterans increased 32% from 2001 to 2018.
In terms of what’s driving the rise, an article from a website called “the Thinking Housewife” spoke of a “puzzling” rise in white suicide, while another media account called the rise “startling”, and another called it a “mystery”, and another said “experts don’t know why”. Officials in Utah are “unsure” why the youth suicide rate has nearly tripled there since 2007.
Russia, in 14th place in terms of smart phone penetration, at 63.8%, recently noted a 50% drop in suicides, to the lowest level in 50 years.
Japan ranks 19th in terms of smart phone penetration, at 55%. Japan’s suicide rate has been declining steadily since 2012, and dropped 6.4% from 2014 to 2015. In 2016, suicides in Japan dropped below 25,000 for the first time there in almost twenty years
April 2020 - Increase in Suicide Mortality in the United States, 1999–2018
From 1999 through 2018, suicide rates increased for both males and females, with greater increases occurring after 2006.
Among females, suicide rates were highest for those aged 45–64 and lowest for those aged 10–14 from 1999 through 2018.
Among males, suicide rates were highest for those aged 75 and over and lowest for those aged 10–14 from 1999 through 2018.
For both males and females, suicide rates in 2018 were higher in rural than in urban counties.
For males, the rate increased 28% from 17.8 in 1999 to 22.8 in 2018. After a stable trend from 1999 to 2006, the rate increased on average by about 1.6% per year from 2006 to 2016 and by 3.2% per year from 2016 through 2018.
For females, the rate increased 55%, from 4.0 in 1999 to 6.2 in 2018. The rate increased on average by about 1.9% per year from 1999 to 2007 and by 3.3% per year from 2007 to 2015, then did not change significantly from 2015 through 2018.
Suicide rates among females generally increased between 1999 and 2018 for all age groups, except women aged 75 and over, although patterns of increase varied by age with different rates of change over time (Figure 2).
Suicide rates were highest among females aged 45–64, increasing from 6.0 per 100,000 in 1999 to 10.2 in 2015. Rates decreased slightly to 9.8 in 2018, but this decline was not statistically significant.
Suicide rates were lowest among females aged 10–14. The rate for this age group increased from 0.5 in 1999 to 2.0 in 2018.
May 19, 2020 - Is the Pandemic Sparking Suicide ? - The New York Times
Suicide rates in the United States have been rising steadily since 2000 — by 35 percent overall
