> People I thought were rational just turned complete morons.

Same. Some of the smartest, most rational people I know completely lost their damn minds. Tribalism is more important than just about anything, it seems.

There has definitely been a great deal of disillusionment. I’m constantly trying to digest it without giving in to cynicism.

Please don't break the site guidelines like this.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Also, could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments generally? You've been doing it a lot, and we're trying for something a bit different than internet default here.