Do you mean you want me to clap for comments? I've never done that because I think I read somewhere that doing so extracts the comment and sends it to the bottom of the article. I don't know if that's still a thing. Probably it's not. Maybe you could set me straight on that?

I've clapped for articles before, but not for comments. Instead, I reply to practically all the comments I receive, taking time I could be spending writing articles. There are plenty of writers who don't respond at all to comments. But I like responding partly because it sometimes inspires me to write something else.

But yes, your one-sentence summary is pretty fair. What intrigues me is how the extroverted Western culture, with its happiness industry and positive psychology could still shame those who are hyper-alienated, as though alienation weren't built into personhood. There's lots more to say about this.

I've chatted a bit with ChatGPT, and wasn't that impressed. It just spits out facts or conventional opinions from the internet, albeit in nice grammatical form. I asked it some philosophical questions and it drew a blank and said it wasn't programmed for that.

For instance, I asked it whether God exists, and it doesn't have its own opinion on the matter. It just reports that different people have different beliefs about God, and infers that it's just a matter of personal perspective.