“the rise in reported incidents of people snapping suddenly and violently [and] sensational crimes, mass slayings and quieter instances of people snapping in everyday life situations.” Average, everyday people were being “pushed to the breaking point and beyond” and becoming “anxious … confused … overwhelmed … overloaded … vulnerable to manipulation and ultimately less capable of thinking and acting as fully human beings.” They attributed this situation to “traumatic social, political and technological transitions in cultures besieged by fanatical mindsets and apocalyptic messages,”
