Simmel already takes note in the first sentence of our greatest problem as individuals: enlightening and cultivating our personality: "The deepest problems of modern life derive from the attempt to individual maintain the independence and individuality of their existence against the sovereign powers of society, against the weight of historical heritage and external culture and technique of life.' Simmel's argument here is supported by Michael and Deena Weinstein, co-authors of the book "Postmodern(ised) Simmel". They offer the argument that the mental imagination of the metropolis is a device adopted by people to maintain their own identity They write: "The mental life of the metropolis is a series of compensations for the inadequacy of objective culture to the individual's subjective need for an integral personality." Therefore, adopting traits such as inattention and contempt, rationality and skepticism are methods with which it is customary to embrace one's individualism, detaching oneself from others in an ever-increasing objective culture found in a