Things Get Pretty Dicey...

Folk #1: Swimming in the Sea of Madness, big & little forms of madness, near & far. Can't be good for one's own mental well-being. It takes a sturdy, disciplined mind not to indulge in the madness. Some forms of madness might actually be caused by a virus, passed on from one human to another? Is that possible? Maybe. The madness of crowds, the madness of social media, the madness of isolation, the madness of lonliness, the madness of going down too many rabbit holes, too often. Seems madness is contagious. Maybe madness is just bad chemistry? Bad genetics? Bad luck? Don't get too close, you too can get swamped. Maybe so. Best to stay on the shore, keep a healthy distance from the madness. What happens when a civilization, writ large, revels in madness? Hmmm. Things get pretty dicey. Easy to lose one's bearings. Good luck with that.