Many people find bald, unvarnished truths so disturbing, they prefer to ram their heads in the sand and start dreaming at the first sign of scientific reality.
Humour
One of the benefits of aligning yourself with an indistinct cluster of people is that claiming to feel their pain is often enough.
Empathy, Politics
...we spend more time gazing at luminous screens than into the eyes of our loved ones.
Family
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