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I would argue that we live in a much more narcissistic, narrow society right now, much more of a sense of what, where am I fitting in as opposed to my job is to do that patient work of laying the groundwork for what's to come. There's this kind of interesting cultural clash between people who are thinking of themselves as being part of an intergenerational, multigenerational story versus people who are thinking about themselves. And I don't mean to say that you're being selfish or terrible, but you're thinking about yourself and you're thinking about your own experience, so much of our economic lives. Our political sensibilities are informed by our narrative self understanding, but I think that that insecurity comes from the breakdown of cultural transmission. When you're not grounded in whether it's a faith tradition, a historical tradition, some sense of where I've come from and where I'm heading next, you have a lot of confusion and you'll oftentimes have a lot of anger. What I would urge people to do is do not retreat from these environments. Engage. You're going to be in the minority sometimes, but engage because that's going to be a big part of your future and the country's future.