welcome
Upworthy

Upworthy

Health

Health

One word that explains why the world feels 'deeply off' for so many people

Upworthy
Summary
Nutrition label

48% Informative

There's a term for this collective feeling so many of us are experience.

It's called hypernormalization, a term first coined by Alexei Yurchak in 2005 book Everything Was Forever , Until It Was No More: The Last Soviet Generation.

Author and digital anthropologist Rahaf Harfoush says it's like a disconnect between seeing that systems are failing, that things aren't working.

VR Score

35

Informative language

26

Neutral language

19

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

51

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

detected

Time-value

medium-lived

External references

no external sources

Source diversity

no sources

Affiliate links

no affiliate links