Definitely. > "personal" and "communal" seem opposed. Sure. They always will be to some extent. I need to think of a better word. A healthy society is made fr

Definitely. > "personal" and "communal" seem opposed. Sure. They always will be to some extent. I need to think of a better word. A healthy society is made from people being personal, as in expressing themselves, even if it is somewhat awkward or unattractive at times, because it leads to curiosity and life. Now it's all too easy to be a passive consumer, which is not really personal at all. > Society functions better when "norms" are held across enough of the population, when there's shared experience. I think it's even stronger than that - how can you have a society without norms? The role of older people is to maintain them, but now everyone has surrogate parents and grandparents.