Your excellent use of analogies turns on many otherwise dormant light bulbs in the mind, especially the gravitational force of the phone, and the unrealized cracked mirrors. "Family and Civilization" (1947) by Carle Zimmerman used the term "atomistic" to describe the predicted degradation in modern families. Clearly, individualism has a "sweet spot" happy medium of optimal function, and like anything, a human being can overdo or underdo it. Fortunately, there are watchdogs who are less easily hypnotized by these things. Unfortunately, the poor watchdogs will get caught in the vortex along with everyone else, unless they somehow get the heck out of Dodge.
Your excellent use of analogies turns on many otherwise dormant light bulbs in the mind, especially the gravitational force of the phone, and the unrealized cracked mirrors. "Family and Civilization" (1947) by Carle Zimmerman used the term "atomistic" to describe the predicted degradation in modern families. Clearly, individualism has a "sweet spot" happy medium of optimal function, and like anything, a human being can overdo or underdo it. Fortunately, there are watchdogs who are less easily hypnotized by these things. Unfortunately, the poor watchdogs will get caught in the vortex along with everyone else, unless they somehow get the heck out of Dodge.