While I agree that thoughts 140 characters at a time, or criticism and cynicism, are the current state of affairs, I see the difference as noted by Thomas Freedman of wall vs web people as a real difference. And a real separating between the cave and community, between empathy and anger...yes all lives should matter but blacks lives don't matter enough to too many....and blue lives matter but SWAT teams are not good policing -- they are a sign of failure. Is that too critical? Once I realized that criticism is the lowest form of analysis, like puns are the lowest form of humor, I came to appreciate that all things are messy, all people a bit silly, and this is part of being human. It helps...I miss Bloom County. Bill the Cat would have been a perfect running mate for the little 'd.'