Please. This piece is not about empathy for people who've been disrupted. It's a self-proclaimed intellectual bemoaning the fact that the change that is inevita

Please. This piece is not about empathy for people who've been disrupted. It's a self-proclaimed intellectual bemoaning the fact that the change that is inevitable isn't happening the way he thinks it should. He's not feeling for the factory worker in Detroit who is out of a job. He's feeling for himself because when he strolls around the East Village, he's sad that there aren't bookstores. He's sad because now everyone has a voice and his voice isn't as loud or meaningful. It's the exact opposite of what you're suggesting: 'getting some' empathy for people.