People's sense of identity used to be embedded in the community to which they belonged, in people's real knowledge of each other, but now it is cast adrift in the anonymity of mass society. ... As a result, who we are, identity itself, is endlessly open to question.
- Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
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WORD.
I've been feeling more and more of a need to disconnect. I'll add this to the confirmation pile.
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