@sharktopus I mean in a practical sense no. In a compassionate sense I realize it is my own feelings and that in the end the loving thing to do is just let people be themselves. However, I guess in reflecting on what my favorite authors all have to say (especially thomas pynchon and james joyce), it comes down to the simple fact that human progress is the measure of how many people wake up to the value of themselves, and the apparently mundane life they live.