New Phenomena In Modern Society

New trends whose tendrils infiltrate our daily lives

John Egelkrout
ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR
7 min readApr 26, 2024

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Photo by Joshua Chun on Unsplash

My parents were born near the end of WWI, experienced their early childhoods in the 1920s, came of age during the Great Depression of the 1930s, and endured the hardships of WWII. They were the generation Tom Brokaw once called “The Greatest Generation.”

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John Egelkrout
ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR

I am a sanity-curious former teacher who works a small organic farm with my wife. I write about politics, social issues, memoirs, and a variety of other topics.