"I think people are simply overwhelmed with the always-on, always-connected lifestyles that fill our every waking moment with outrage-bait headlines and more en

"I think people are simply overwhelmed with the always-on, always-connected lifestyles that fill our every waking moment with outrage-bait headlines and more entertainment media than we could possibly ever consume" I completely agree with you. I think the worst thing that happened to modern societal culture was the invention of the pay per click model. Everything changed at that moment; politics, consumerism, even they way we form opinions and gather information. All for the worse.