What is the cost of convenience? Not a price tag; though they are related, price and cost are not the same thing. What is the cost of convenience? Most have no idea of the answer, nor even of the question.

Here at Midnight and other beasts, we have been visiting a recurring theme of "How did the world get so ugly?" Today posts the third part of an allegory, The Bear, in which we continue our attempt to answer this question. The Bear is presented in four parts; the four seasons of a bear's life, if you will. The concluding installment, Autumn, will post in June.