Is it just me, or do you also find yourself asking this question more? Out loud, under your breath, or deep in your chest. From a privileged distance from the global violence of wars, shootings and disease, a few recent examples come to mind. The stock market — the Nasdaq, specifically — has asked regulators to allow 23-hour trading, a move that may lead to less rational behavior and more volatile, inefficient markets. Wells Fargo’s trading desk called Nasdaq’s nocturnal aspirations “literally the worst thing in the world." I once interviewed with a private equity–owned food operator that has flirted with an IPO for the past couple of years. My excitement about the role came from the hope that the company would double down on its values and prioritize quality. Instead, under the guise of ambition, I was presented with a restless agenda for “growth”: the rapid mass expansion of mediocre stores. I recently unearthed a memo from 2021 titled “Things That Are Wrong With the World.” One entry read simply: “TAB GROUPS.” Chrome had just pushed the feature on me in a relu