[NewMusic] robots

[Sarah - 21 Grand]

George wrote:
There's a ton of information out there.
More than ever - and fully available in Turlock. You no longer need
to be close to a print copy of The Village Voice.  A ton of information,
and money, and privelege. They're choosing ignorance.

-- true enough, but even back in the day, when one was reliant on, for
example, the local public library, there were still a lot of people that did
not go to the library. Why not? Clearly there are different reasons for
different people, but presumably if people are "choosing" ignorance, they
somehow value that ignorance or do not value intellectual curiosity (for
lack of a better term). Where does that value system come from?

More George:
These are people with access to more money and leisure time
than any general society before. I didn't see a whole lot of people diggin'
in the dirt for grains of rice out there in Turlock - what I saw was a
disgusting
display of gross materialism.

-- Turlock might not be the best example, George. It doesn't grow much rice,
but agriculture is a large part of the economy out there. That area also has
some of the worst air pollution in the state, worse than West Oakland, such
that hanging out in an air-conditioned indoor mall is actually a relatively
healthy activity for a resident of Turlock.

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