After reading 'Bowling Alone' by Robert D. Putnam 
I began to look at society to see if I could verify by 
casual obversation his conclusions – arrived at from
years and years of studying social change using 
statistical measures — that people are less happy 
nowadays. 

He uses an interesting phrase throughout the book,
which one might think about — "declining social
capital." 

"Light-touch government works more efficiently in the 
presence of  social capital" he concludes. Leaving 
almost everything to government has diminished
and devaluated community from which he is 
doubtful we can recover. 

Women have abandoned community and replaced 
voluntary participation with the servitude women
complain about — especially after having achieved 
the goals of the feminist revolution.