Indeed Sky.
Presently there is obsessive emphasis on KPI, and near drone-like efficiency. The Human factor is deliberately left out, pointed out as a flaw in the system that needs purging.
Talent and kindness are ridiculed. Taking time to relax, sip some tea and think about things is laughed at, a thing for fools.
I think this is a by-product of the dashing lifestyle in the big cities. CEO's, lawyers, office clerks, all scrambling to prove their worth and to back-stab their colleagues. It's called 'competitiveness'.
Life in this environment is so fast, that people don't realize any more they lost perspective.
IMHO, this comes from too much competition, a consequence of over-crowdedness.
From this I am not surprised we are now considered just a Social Security Number, mere statistics, totally devoid of humanity.
For politicians we are mere 'voters'.
This ferocity is not so prevalent in smaller communities. I'm not saying the predators have no teeth in smaller communities, only they try to refrain a bit more.
In smaller communities they all know each other, and no one can hide behind anonymity. In big cities, we are all anonymous, and therefore non-humans, or considered as such.
We see this in all those wildlife documentaries on tv. Whenever a species overpopulates a given habitat, or a family gets too big, fights break out between them.
I will not extend this. You got the picture.
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