I shut/tune out all this modern madness, focusing on my personal daily world and family while remaining true to myself. Saves a lot of time, stress, hassle, and unnecessary conflicts.
Jean Paul Sartre in his play No Exit wrote that “Hell is other people” and that pretty much puts much of the current world into perspective.
As T.S. Eliot predicted Western civilization show signs of ending with people killing each other in the streets. That’s what happens when civility, compassion, and the rule of law disappear and a society has innumerable dangerous and mad persons running around on the loose.
In the words of the immortal Sophie Tucker, “Cheer up. It can only get worse.”