Everywhere we turn these days, it seems to me that we’re hearing about taking care of ourselves first, making time for ourselves, or doing something on “my schedule”. Historians may well look back on this period, calling it the “era of the selfie”. We can date the period of extreme self-centeredness with the advent of taking self-portraits instantly, when the slogan “America First” won presidential elections and took hold as a governing principle. Where our own interests become our consuming personal philosophy.
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