We’ve seen: 1) a dramatic short term increase in diagnosed mental illness and N-linked psychometric items first among teenagers and then among young adults 2) highly cohort specific bipartisan support for cold blooded murder mediated by (1) 3) A sudden and dramatic shift in preferences toward making money and away from family after ~30 years of stability 4) probably the fastest change in media consumption in the history of the world 5) Dramatic increases in time spent alone across and simultaneous declines in coupling rates and fertility rates in nearly every country in the world. I think (5) is probably related to all of the other things and the broader context points to this being something bigger than a misspecified period-cohort model.