I never factored ineffective communication into the population collapse crisis but it makes total sense! My wife and I have been watching Four Seasons on Netflix and one of the middle-aged male characters is dating a much younger woman. The intergenerational dynamic is so interesting between him (X) and her (Millennial), especially when they socialize with her friends. The younger generations seem much more in their own heads and overthinking all the time and the older generations tend to be more likely to leap first then deal with the aftermath later. The Millennials also seem more emotionally fragile in some ways but also more emotionally healthy in other ways? It's really interesting and the producers certainly nail some aspects of it.

Dating seems more challenging now than it used to be. The process seemed so natural and fluid when I was single in the 80's/90's. Thinking back it's strange how prevalent alcohol was back then. Mostly everybody drank, especially on dates. Having a few drinks tends to take overthinking out of the equation too. Lol.