It was a good read. Just wanted to say so. Wasn't implying *you* should lead a renaissance!

>Interest in how things work is sorely lacking

That's the underlying point, I think. I was really just reminiscing about a bygone era. 

Undergotten

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?

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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?
