It&#x27;s like middle-aged disillusionment combined with the 5 stages of loss, writ cultural.<p>I guess we&#x27;re at stage 3 : Contriving a story that we can swallow. A story that will make us feel better about our fucked up machine-drone lives.<p>We&#x27;re working on that story every day all day. You can see it on tv. Thrashing like a dog with its leg in a trap.