Old people are right, the world is going to the dogs, but it has been for thousands of years. A guru is not allowed to have opinions. He just knows. We differ from animals in that the human being is susceptible to every imaginable delusion. Piety without humanity is one of the greatest causes of evil.
Normality is a form of craziness sanctioned by local custom.
We live in a culture of envy. It is shocking that nearly all the worst problems facing man are man-made. Kant's ideas, eg that it is never rational to lie, show the utter bankruptcy of rationality if it is divorced from common sense. Psychology Unconsciousness is no excuse. We need other people to keep us sane.