However, we seem to see a rising level of mass violence not only in the US, but around the world. Perhaps, it is just because of our ability to learn of them compared to 50 years ago, but I sense more of it.
Personally, I believe that Man is still coming to grips with the impact of technology on their lives. The change has been so rapid and profound that the human pschye can not absorb it all. It is far easier for someone to operate at the periphery of society and functiopn without having a lot interchange with other human beiings. You can live in a fantasy world and lose touch with reality.
In this case, I bet video games played a part in the way the shooter could dispassionately shoot people in cold blood in much the same way he does on a video game. He can look at a Tarratino movie and see violence depicted that is so realistic that he becomes inured to it in real life.
Brilliant stuff here kabar. Just had to be repeated.
Personally, I believe that Man is still coming to grips with the impact of technology on their lives.
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I agree with you, and the speed of the change leaves us all very vulnerable to horrors that were unimaginable a century ago.