I am scared by the lack of compassion we have for one another. Without the ability to communicate effectively (and be vulnerable), I don’t see how that is going to change any time soon.
If you pay attention, in interpersonal situations our thoughts often travel to the most negative of possibilities. If you don’t hear from your partner when you should, you might assume they are with someone else, or they don’t care about you, or that something else terrible (robbery? car accident?) happened. Without that call that says, “hey honey, I was stuck at work late so I won’t be able to talk tonight” we can easily spiral out.
Now imagine millions of people, many of whom are at political odds with one another — and who have no personal connection at all. People who could not communicate effectively if they tried. Insert communicable disease, guns, money, the internet, the state… sounds like a recipe for disaster, right?