a) A while back, someone suggested the ongoing collective freakout we're seeing might be because Pluto is fading out, and forcing us to confront who we really are, and a lot of people are coming unglued as that happens, which you said sounds plausible. I was rereading the old Magic Mondays and stumbled on a question which was unanswered, but which I think is worth asking again: if this is the case, why would the people trying to cling to this sort of delusional worldview be driven insane like this, instead of being drawn towards Neptune?