We’re wired for small, close-knit communities, but instead we’re lost in the chaos of a massive, impersonal society. It’s no wonder we’re struggling—this isn’t the environment we were built for. The cracks are everywhere. Just scroll through social media or read the comments on a political post, and you’ll see it: a storm of anger, hostility, and... See more

Now the 1990s seem like a period when the world was starting to go crazy, but not so crazy that it was unmanageable or irreparable. It was the end of the twentieth century, but also the end to an age when we controlled technology more than technology controlled us. People played by the old rules, despite a growing recognition that those rules were

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I stick by my prediction that the anger and brutality will soon diminish. Cool will come back. People will stop shouting and start speaking again. Public leaders will be friendlier, nicer, less hostile.

It happened before—after the Civil War and World War II people welcomed peace and tranquility. Public leaders became more conciliatory. People... See more