I think that a natural lack of curiosity in some of these things isn't necessarily a bad thing. If your interest is Shakespearean drama, you might not care for collections of non-text based data, but I agree it could be a disadvantage. Interest in how things work is sorely lacking. Maybe people need to learn to reject the notions of consumerism and mindless collectivism as step one?
Interest in how things work is sorely lacking
That's the underlying point, I think. I was really just reminiscing about a bygone era.
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5 sats \ 1 reply \ @xz 27 Jan
It was a good read. Just wanted to say so. Wasn't implying you should lead a renaissance!
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Haha. Of course. I'm not suited for the job. ;)
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