Volume CXLIV - "Taxi Driver: The Architecture of Isolation"

Key Themes:

• The template for masculine rage and mass violence
• How isolation breeds obsession, judgment, and righteousness
• Travis Bickle as the archetypal disconnected modern man

Main Arguments:

• The progression: Isolation → Obsession → Judgment → Target → Violence
• Masculine isolation produces men who confuse pain with purpose
• Every mass shooter follows the same script established by this film

Takeaway: The antidote to isolation is engagement despite discomfort, connection despite risk, and building despite the easier option of destroying.