technology for really isolating us. people stay indoors. they don t want to know their neighbors. they feel if they get to meet them, then the neighbors will tell them to turn their music down. we live in our little cells with our computers and our phones and if something fishy is going on with neighbors, we turn a blind eye. we think it started in the 6 60s with the bystander apathy. if you want to make a change, get to know your neighbors. go to pot luck suppers. get involved in the neighborhood watch. know the names. anything suspicious, call the police. better to be wrong than to find out later you had this situation going on right next door to you. dr. landis, do you agree this is symptomatic of a culture that is basically much more defined according to my own personal interests and disregarding of others? i think so, but i also think we have to think about eccentricity and think about privacy and weighing those as well. every time we see something that s a little bit off, li