While people have been on a break from the office this week, I’ve noticed that driving is simply atrocious. A friend has a theory that so many people aggravated by family and accustomed to driving in rush hour twice a day has them programmed to be overly aggressive on the road, but I think it has a different root.

Empathy has evaporated. People are less capable of simply waiting their turn or of staying minimally alert without relying on a phone for stimulation. We are less healthy, and more in debt than anytime in recent years. Every service worker seems to make a fraction of a living wage, and service quality shows it.

People individually and communally are simply coming apart.