Is it me or the world a more aggressive place?

That's a good question. I'm not sure -- violence has always been around. We just didn't have 24/7 news, or social media. I think the abstraction and anonymity of the internet flows into other areas of life, stoking a lot of angry people.

ETA: I'm not sure about the aggression on the roads. But I have to say that when I drive to Boston, which is 15 miles away, and it takes me an hour and a half, I'm pretty close to road rage. Overcrowding frustration?

I think it's more self-centered, which shows up in many scenarios as aggressive. For example, rude drivers. "Oh, I need to get over now. I'm going to get over." It's not necessarily the aggressive driver who just wants to be at the front of the pack, it's just the clueless person who doesn't think about the fact that everyone else on the road is a person, too.

Well it seems that patience and the path of least resistance would be very beneficial at any time.
But maybe more and more are noticing this at this time.
And those who feel they have to rush and push things around may notice obstacles keep getting in their way.
I know people like this and they are having a hard time with going "more with the flow" now more than ever.

I think it's just all the media. I don't watch the news (too depressing) but today in the car I heard a radio ad for one of the evening news programs tonight about what if an earthquake hits during peak tourist season on the coast and 100,000 people "are in peril" or something like that (from a tsunami).

Not that that has to do with aggression, but you can't get away from the media. It's everywhere, it's like they want to scare everyone to death and tell you every bad little thing that happens everywhere.

Yeah, I've stopped watching the news too - just got too depressing. I'm not sure if there are more horrible things going on or they're just in the news - and made as dramatic as possible.

It's 24 hour media. When it feels like too much, I disengage.

I don't think it is more aggressive per se, I feel like it is more selfish. I think people are more apt to look at how everything effects (and affects) their own world and proceed accordingly without considering how their actions impact others. 

I don't care for it. Kindness is perceived at weakness, patience is seen as a liability ... 

People seem so entitled. Person not moving fast enough, blast your horn and give them the finger. Who cares if the slow person was trying not to turn left in front of someone else. (Happened to me last week).

Pull into a handicap parking space with a placard but it pisses someone off because you don't look handicapped so write a nasty note and put it under the windshield. Never mind the fact I am not handicapped but my 90 year old mother is and is with me.

As long as it's done anonymously or the bravado of the keyboard, then it's fair game and I (collective I) and can say/do whatever.

Get out of my way because I am more important than you.

Ellen says it best, "be kind to one another."