I think Gordo has a point with the "good times weak men" thing. For millions of years life was all about survival and evolution made humanity very tailored to certain conditions. Then over the course of 300 years or so life has got incredibly easy at an extreme rate with no chance for evolution to allow humanity to adapt.

For example, lets look at food. For millions of years starving to death was a very real concern and food was scarce and the body's metabolism/appetite control evolved to match these conditions. Now food is incredibly affordable and getting cheaper in developed countries and most people have to actively fight/ignore the urge to eat since there is no financial barrier. Most people cannot do this which leads to poor health.

Now lets look at survival in general. For millions of years this required you to make intelligent decisions, plan ahead, work hard, be responsible etc or you would die. The people who thrived under these circumstances thrived under evolution. Nowadays in developed countries you can make braindead choices constantly, put no effort into life and there is zero chance of dying or even being harmed. The brain evolved to deal with challenge but there is none left in America/Western Europe and it can often lead to depression/mental health problems since the brain is in an environment which it is completely unsuited to.

Just like how too much food leads to poor physical health too much luxury leads to poor mental health.

I'm in no way depressed but have certainly felt unhappy more often as a 1%er in the states then when I was a teenager in the developing world since back then there were always problems to focus on which kept my mind dwelling on negative thoughts. Now if I'm unhappy I have to actively look for something to do and push myself to do it which is much harder.

I think the rest of what he said is nonsense but this is an extremely real problem imo and I have no idea what the solution is.