This is Why We Smash Teslas (and Shoot Cases of Bud Light with MP5 Submachine guns)

It’s mostly during adolescence, that period in which we’re composing our ‘grand narrative of self’, that we decide which ‘peer groups’ to join. We seek out people who have similar mental models to us – who have comparable personalities and interests and perceive the world in ways we recognise. Late adolescence sees many choosing a political ideolog

On another level, the story of the New Internet is a story of individuals and their psychologies. Over the last decade, technology workers have opened themselves up to a tremendous amount of value drift (the process in which previously steadfast values are compromised over time).

we exist in a new context now, after a long decade of global homogenization and the Uberification of life. A global pandemic causes simulation to crash or at least to reveal itself, forcing us to search for new identities, new communities, and new ideals

We no longer see each other as people; we are now customers, shareholders, employees, avatars, online profiles, screen names, e-mail addresses and expenses to be tracked. The human being really has gone virtual.