Such is the age in which we live: We are expected to take strong, vocal positions on just about everything: from Hamilton and Pokémon Go to serious ethical and political matters.
The world seems to be crumbling around us this summer, and a lot of us remain distracted and completely unable to summon the political will to do anything.
If the development of doctrine were anything like musical performance, we could not imagine that "harmonic progression" would happen abruptly or lazily.