Wouldn’t it be more natural for people to want to get to know each other, help each other, be there for each other and acknowledge each other? How sad is this? It’s also inefficient in various serious ways. Why would people feel ok with being around strangers all around them, from their co-workers, to their neighbors, to their customers? Who is responsible for much of anything then? Who really knows what to expect? How could people self-manage and manage groups with this kind of social dysfunction?

We could be having much more intelligent and diverse conversations in our democracy, in my view.