Personal Boundaries: The Only Factor that Makes Social Media "Toxic”

The mechanics of personal boundaries may offer solutions to our dismal public discourse.

Saint Michael expelling Lucifer and the Rebellious Angels (1622), Rubens, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, courtesy Wikimedia Commons

I couldn’t get the song out of my head: “What the world needs now is love, sweet love…” by Dionne Warwick.

I found that I unconsciously kept substituting the word “boundaries” for “love” in my head, and I wasn’t sure why.

Th…