Has there ever been a better time to be a hermit? Yes, the world is going to hell in every which way, but I’m not talking about that, or inferring that such people are hiding specifically from the chaos of now. Hermits retreat from society regardless of political bellwethers.
No, what I’m mainly talking about is the expansion of delivery. Whatever we need can be dropped on our doorsteps, eliminating nearly any requirements to leave the house — which answers the question of how David Mitchell’s John Taylor, the reluctant detective at the center of “Ludwig,” came to be so insulated from the world.
