nice discussion here! I suspect that our susceptibility to other people's actions is much graver yet less clear now that we are in a social and economic syncytium (had to look up spelling twice substack gods please dont ban my bot followers). At the same time, the death of religion and nationalism is leaving people grasping for straws. The butterfly effect of walking around with sperm on your face is as real as its ever been... just more waves and less walls in the common space.