In this case, I’m referring to the notion that we all make minor sacrifices in our daily interactions in service of a “greater good” for everyone.
“Following the rules” would be a simplified version of what I’m talking about, I suppose. But also keeping an awareness/attitude about "How will my choices affect the people around me in this moment? “Common courtesy”, “situational awareness”, etc…
I don’t know that it’s a “new” phenomenon by any means, I just seem to have an increasing (subjective) awareness of it’s decline of late.
Just wait until the technology singularity occurs, when there is simply too much shit, too much info, too much tech, for any human to understand anything without the aid of AI. And then we’ll be left in the dust with events moving too quickly for us to process at all, as if we have a say in it anyway.