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YOU’RE at the airport at 11pm, hoping your e-hailing ride arrives quickly. The driver who pulls up looks rather elderly – could he be 80? He helps you lift your luggage into the boot with slow, fragile hands. You say nothing. He says nothing. There’s just an awkward silence.

Some time on the drive home, a question settles in your head: How did we get here?

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