A Crazy World

 We know now that we are living in a crazy world. It is very obvious when we see the happenings all around us:

Wars being fought without rhyme or reason by the most powerful countries in the world. 

Elderly septuagenarian and octogenarian world leaders openly squabbling on social media like ill mannered, unruly and boorish children, justifies Shakespeare's observation that old age is second childishness- sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything," as he famously wrote in As You Like It. Of course with improvements in medical science, with age we no longer have to be without teeth, vision or taste. Original teeth replaced with false teeth, artificial lens for eyes though of course no long term cure for dementia or alzheimer's has been found. The real bummer is of course if we find a way to extend human life infinitely.

Wars being fought remotely with cheap drones and unmanned missiles to bomb targets with pin point accuracy which thankfully spares human lives, but conversely drags on for years with no end in sight

Artificial Intelligence being used to create robots and automate work and throw away workers who needed these jobs to sustain their families. The unscrupulous profits made by these companies are then used to fund philanthropic activities by the same companies, get awards, applause, earn brownie points and probably assure themselves of a prominent place in heaven.

People are more connected than ever due to internet. In fact there is a famous study done that shows that every person on earth is connected to every other person. Researchers from top universities (Harvard, Stanford, MIT) analyzed data from millions of LinkedIn users (around 20 million people) which revealed that any two people are only 2–3 connections apart, showing how surprisingly interconnected our world has become.The study focused on how people are connected and how information (like job opportunities) flows through networks.  People have hundreds or thousands of friends and connections yet conversely no one is close and so mental health problems are on the rise. So instead of improving our emotional state more friends and followers are increasing negative emotions like jealousy, unhealthy competition, insecurities, irritation and anger. But being totally off of social media makes us seem weird, friendless, freakish or absurd.