I agree with that, but sometimes I feel the condition, or its prevelance is more than that.

Could it be more an urban - suburban thing or also a rural thing? The manifestation of an increasingly complex existence, fettered with choice and distraction, but I think it also could just be hyper-awareness to the passage of time.

Maybe it's just the feeling of disconnection or absence of meaning, the opposite to a direct and peaceful reconcilliation with nature, and the loss of instinctive behaviour?