Taylor Swift and the Universal Problem

Deep down, the whole world knows it. We’ve built great cities with skyscrapers that reach the heavens. We can video chat with our loved ones across continents. We can order food and have it show up at our door in fifteen minutes. We can even tell a computer to write a research paper for us. In the midst of how far we’ve come, we still have not advanced beyond the problem lurking in the human heart. No amount of property, popularity, or power can medicate this moral malady. This universal problem holds no prejudice: it infects every person, regardless of race or social status. Billionaire Taylor Swift rightly summed up the human condition in her hit song.