>>158I don't think it's just because of that even though it's a large reason why people are looking inwards. Even before 2009 the internet was booming with the minimalist and life experience crowds. You could say that it's been here since the hippie movements but I don't know much about those times to comment, I can only speak for what I have experience in which is the internet era.
I think a large part of the reason for all of this too is that lots of people have grown up in broken homes that were made that way due to money issues and parents working all the time and have no inclination to repeat the experience.