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I don't really disagree, but at the same time, some of the things mentioned in this article have other explanations than just people being narcissistic.
It talks about people finding it more important to be well off financially and more focused on stuff like loneliness and unemployment as opposed to global issues. Well, everything has become absurdly expensive, and it's become increasingly difficult to meet people naturally (COVID really did not help here). It's often difficult for people to make ends meet, and people are getting laid off left and right. With these sorts of local issues, focusing on global ones is understandably difficult.
Additionally, it's focused on young people, but I think the narcissism is just as prevalent (if not moreso) in older generations. Perhaps when they were young themselves they were less selfish and self-absorbed, but it definitely doesn't seem that way now.
It's a weird article. It starts with the scientific data, summarized: NPI (Narcissistic Personality Index) scores have been increasing dramatically in the past 20 years. That is particularly true for younger people, who both have higher absolute scores and a higher increase. (That's the data, but the article doesn't mention it in detail.)
Then it goes on a series of wild speculations about why the scores are increasing, which is the stuff you mention. There is no data backing that up, but somehow the scientists themselves (who should know better) are quoted as providing part of the "explanations." I think the technical term for those is WGPOYA, Wild Guesses Pulled Out of Your Ass.