If you wake up each morning feeling spent, it’s not just you. There is a general feeling of fatigue throughout the world. Scientists in Singapore have found a reason why. It’s because the human brain is unable to keep up with everything happening in modern life.

In a published paper, the researchers collected data on rates of depression, exhaustion, loneliness, and many other factors that contribute to overall fatigue. They also looked at previous studies to narrow down why we feel overwhelmed so much of the time. The conclusion they came to was that our brains simply cannot keep up with the speed and competition of modern life.

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The brain isn’t evolving fast enough

The researchers argue that for thousands of years, humanity lived in smaller groups of familiar people, and our brains evolved to respond to immediate, recognizable threats. Within the last century alone, cities have become densely populated with millions of people. The internet doesn’t just connect us to our neighbors but to the entire world. In real time, we have access to news and people everywhere. It’s........

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