It's human nature to seek simple solutions to complex, intractable problems. That's why we have fad diets and Luminosity and so-called "magic" supplements.
It's also why people love studies about Facebook and unhappiness. Feeling sad? Overwhelmed? Jealous? Stressed? The solution is soooooo unbelievably simple: Just get off the internet!
The latest prescription of this sort comes from a Danish think tank called the Happiness Research Institute, which this week published a new report on the connection between Facebook use and basically every negative emotion a human can feel. After recruiting a group of 1095 Danish Facebook-users, the HRI asked half to give the site up for a week, and half to keep using it as normal. They then asked everyone to evaluate their happiness and satisfaction, and compared the groups' results.
Behind door No 1, the Facebook users: greater rates of anger, worry, sadness, depression, loneliness.
Behind door No 2, the digital detoxers: higher rates of happiness and enthusiasm, better social lives, fewer problems with concentration.