I empathize with such a line of thought, but to me it goes a little further. I hate the shallowness of people, the inability or unwillingness to try to genuinely know one another. I'm surrounded by people who have latched onto the belief that the superficial is the "real" thing. It's a lonely world when the very thing people are to be interested in most is themselves, and I can't help but wonder how much we're missing out when we do just that.