A few days ago, I wrote about Malcolm Gladwell's new book, Talking to Strangers, and the sad story about our default reaction in trying to make sense of the world and its dire consequences. Today I read a chapter on coupling and how strongly "coupled" (get it), our actions are to context or circumstances. One of the most stark examples was suicide in England in the middle of the last century. Gladwell explains that at its peak, the number of annual suicides due to gas inhalation reached around...