Why *Does* It Feel Like Things Are Always Getting Worse?

Is "density" a stand-in for other things?

I’ve got another sort of discussion question/half-baked thought for today’s piece. Some of you like it when I have a clear thesis, which I think is most of the time (clear doesn’t necessarily mean right, of course). Some of you like these open discussions. I like them, obviously, thought I write them sparingly. I find the comments more useful than my ow…