I would go even further and suggest that most of the social ills we deal with in the United States are a slow, painful, halting transition from rural to urban l

I would go even further and suggest that most of the social ills we deal with in the United States are a slow, painful, halting transition from rural to urban life. These modes of living require very different heuristics and patterns and it’s not surprising that we encounter all manner of pathology as we transition.