I mean, sometimes we do do that, The National Anthem was a caustic satire and sometimes that's the way to go with the story rather than me being particularly misanthropic.

My theory is that we used to have several personalities, and now we're encouraged to have one online.

In a weird way, when everyone's feeling that the world's going to hell in a hand basket, I kind of relax a little more because I often feel like that.

I'm more pro-technology than people probably realize.

If technology is a drug – and it does feel like a drug – then what, precisely, are the side-effects?

Everyone had clearly spent far too long perfecting their appearance. I used to feel intimidated by people like this; now I see them as walking insecurity beacons, slaves to the perceived judgment of others, trapped within a self- perpetuating circle of crushing status anxiety.

I'm actually quite pro-technology, but I'm a worrier, so I like to envision worst-case scenarios.