Well said.

Our 21st century version, at least to me, is even harder to phrase... at least currently.

I thought connecting everyone, all opinions, minds, ideas... I thought it would be good. It was, at first. There were ways for the better ideas to float. Ways for ideas to cross-pollinate.

The "society" seemed like a greater intelligence, one that I got a lot from.

Now... It's worse than I could have ever imagined. It's like every person makes the whole a little meaner, dumber, weaker of heart... The whole makes the individual a little worse.