Heinz-Peter Bader / Reuters “I’ve observed a general societal decline in kindness to our fellow man,” wrote the blogger Matt Raymond in 2010. “At the same time, our senses of entitlement have seemingly spiked. You can look almost anywhere and witness this unfortunate evolution. “As part of the autograph community,” he continued, “I see this all the time.” The autograph community is what it sounds like, the community whose members collect autographs.