And even when the headsheet gives an afterthought to these things, the results can be dismal.

These are professional, managerial, and technical workers – an estimated 35% of the workforce – who are putting in long hours at their laptops, Zooming into conferences, scanning electronic documents, and collecting about the same pay as before the crisis.

The valley, with its valley girls and mini-malls, never shared Los Angeles's cultural cachet.

The parents of elective mutists often feel alienated from one another.