@nealcurtis I think, to a first approximation, the experience of "modern anxiety" basically is that your sphere of influence is very close to just being yourself, but your sphere of concern is basically the entire world. And this isn't *just* pathological, because that concern includes lots of things that *can* hurt you. Climate change, war, AI disruption, pandemics.Our spheres of concern grew a lot in the digital age, but we have no more real influence.