One could have gone and lived in the woods, like mandarinsun was reading a book about and then come back to reality.

Actually, it is probably normal, this is exactly objective way of social development. As the crisis is deepening there is more reason for change. I know people have changed with social media and mass media influencing them, but only to degree. In general, everyone needs to eat and have shelter and this is the decisive factor of surviving and if one wants to survive they will have to change the world.