The psychological impact of the Internet on day-to-day living. The prevailing acceptance of nontraditional sexual identities. The (seemingly regular) deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of white police officers. An unclear definition of privacy. An impotent, unspecified hatred of the wealthiest “one percent.” The artistic elevation of television. The cultural recession of rock and the cultural ascension of hip-hop. The prolonging of adolescence and the avoidance of adulthood. A distrust of objective storytelling. The intermittent rebooting of normalcy in the years following 9/11.
