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In America, there is a wide selection of colleges and you should try to look for one that has more conservative ideas (truly, some of them can also be religious but you can avoid religious activities I assume). I went to a college with a wide array of people with different beliefs, you just have to find the right group. Even if that means not having 1000 friends, so be it. Also, you will do better to avoid liberal arts courses if it's possible. If you're getting some kind of technical degree there will be little to no brainwashing (in my experience). Good luck.

Antidepressants are very serious drugs, and it's surprising that they are handed out to almost anyone with little consideration for their effects. They are given to children and young teens whose brains are still developing. That is quite harmful and the brain can be tangibly altered, as the article says. The brain is not a thing to play with. It is the most complex organ in nature, and we know very little about it. Don't flood it with drugs for a problem that is more effectively solved with talk therapy. I think this is one of the scariest trends in the modern world. I used to have issues with depression and docs tried to get me on 2 different kinds of antidepressants. The first one made me manic and curbed my appetite so much I lost a dangerous amount of weight. The second one seemed fine at first, but after a few months I developed tinnitus (ringing in the ears) which can happen very often with a certain kind of antidepressants. Sadly, the damage was permanent and I will probably have tinnitus for the rest of my life. Some people have gotten hearing loss, and good luck getting any compensation from pharma companies if you get a disability from their medicine! I am SO grateful that I found healthier ways to overcome my depression, like therapy and exercise. Now, I live a much better life and it horrifies me to think what would have happened if I had kept taking the drugs. DON'T take antidepressants unless you have exhausted absolutely everything else and your life is on the line. Don't listen to the docs who will surely try to push it as an easy solution. There are many healthier and more sustainable ways to feel better.

I think the Land Ethic makes a lot of sense. It's not perfect, but it takes a very holisitic approach to ecology which is a good thing. I would say that ethics did start out as a completely human-centric idea, but as we advance, it might be time to change that. Yes, as any other species, we tend to look out for our own. But humans also have become intelligent enough to have a conscious impact on many other organisms, and practically the entire planet. Technology and exploitation of resources have only recently began to have a real impact on the world. In medieval times, you could argue that the tiny, unstable population of humans could not have a huge impact. Now there's 7 billion of us and we are growing fast. We've been making other species extinct, polluting, depleting resources (which are vital for our survival too, by the way). I think should we try to act responsibly and rationally to preserve finite resources and reduce our negative impact on the planet to a reasonable level. That is not to say we should stop our growth. Just manage and plan for the future better. Of course, when it comes down to it, I think we will always defend humans before anything else, and that is what our ethics is grounded in. (Due to the fact that we initially learn to have compassion for people close to us.)