There is the panic when you realize you’ve lost your wallet. The panic when you think someone is illegally buying things with your credit card. The panic of your phone conking out precisely when you are trying to locate one of your children in a busy, dicey part of town. The panic of learning that someone has hacked into your social media account and begun sending scurrilous messages to your friends and colleagues. In spite of—or because of—a torrent of technological advancements, our civilization seems to have multiplied the number of opportunities for things to break. There are days when our
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