This book deals with love, madness, politics, technology, the dystopian present, new subjectivities, the misguided pursuit of pleasure, and the unbridled world. These themes are read and discussed as symptoms of a mutating, uncertain, and often threatening civilization. Collectively, these works trace the fundamental features of the contemporary paradigm, which shapes both new social phenomena and the suffering of those who turn to psychoanalysts seeking answers to the unease of living. Since July 2018, the author has written a column on Facebook addressing these topics, all approached from the perspective of psychoanalytic discourse and literary fiction, where thousands of followers tune in every Sunday.