I would purchase a history book. Anything that goes back 100 years or more (US history, Chinese history, fucking anything). Read it. You are living in the easiest -- most cushy time ever.
"Culturally, we seem to be getting worse at getting along with each other." Are you insane? Just 75 years ago Germany was putting people into ovens. Toughen up.
100 years or more is the key here. Post-WW2, things were very good in the US, and getting better in Europe. Now the future does not look so optimistic for the US or Europe.
"Culturally, we seem to be getting worse at getting along with each other." Are you insane? Just 75 years ago Germany was putting people into ovens. Toughen up.