Cohesion means respectful diversity, which is about much more than the weak-kneed tolerance.
Marketers reinforce the idea - a false one - that celebrity is available to everyone.
Societies don't become less self-indulgent; people do.
Digital gadgets often plug us into an environment that's more cluttered than the real world.
GenXers naturally bristle at hierarchies, but thrive on partnerships.
Ethically, what one generation tolerates the next may treat as normal.