Connections

I. Technology -> Urbanization -> Separation from family -> Alienation -> Introversion -> Loneliness -> Boredom -> (Media) Consumption -> Selfism -> Narcissism

II. Hyper-socialization -> Impotence -> Rage -> Rebellion -> Rejection of Roles -> Confusion -> New Age Spirituality -> Amorality -> Delusion -> Mental Illness

III. Family Roles -> Restriction -> Restlessness -> Feminism -> Single-Parenthood -> Crime -> Welfare / Police State -> Emasculation -> Men's Rights Movement -> Gender Warfare -> Hedonism

IV. Media Consumption -> Fantasy -> Disenchantment -> Depression -> Consumerism -> Debt -> Wage-slavery -> Stress -> Distraction -> Media Consumption

V. Education -> Aspiration -> Competition -> Status-Anxiety -> Consumerism -> Debt -> Wage-Slavery -> Mid-life Crisis -> Family Breakdown -> Hedonism -> Addiction -> Mental Illness

VI. Data Connectivity -> Selective Projection -> Virtual Self -> In-authenticity -> Fear of Intimacy -> Loneliness -> Boredom -> (Media) Consumption -> Selfism -> Narcissism

VII. Hyper-stimulation -> Boredom -> Gadgets -> Impatience -> Attention-Deficit -> Superficiality -> In-activism -> Inequality -> Crime -> Police State -> Surveillance

VIII. Urbanization -> Breakdown of Family -> Empty Kitchen -> Eating Out -> Obesity -> Health Fads -> Quackery -> Deepak Chopra

IX. Urbanization -> Stress -> Need to unwind -> "At my terms" -> Peep-hole/Caller-ID/Email -> No Response -> Breakdown of Friendships -> Loneliness -> Facebook -> Diminishing Returns -> Upworthy.com

X. Breakdown of Community -> Lack of credible information -> Yelp -> Too much information -> Choice Anxiety -> Expectation -> Disillusionment -> Rejection -> "Deals" / Discount Coupons / "Return-Policy" -> Predatory Acceptance -> Mutual Hatred/Exploitation -> Made in China