| Loads of people think "it's film night" or "I want to watch a film" and then "what shall I watch?" The same with music: "I'll put some music on ... what should I put on?" And with food: "I want to eat something, what shall I eat?" People turn the radio on while driving, or the TV on in the background, for 'company' without caring what's on it. People pick up something - anything - to read while on the toilet, not caring if it's literature, magazine, or the ingredients of the shampoo bottle. The desirable feature is entertainment, distraction, novelty, escapism, sound instead of silence, activity instead of rigor mortis, ideas instead of void, life instead of death. Not just actionable facts to be studied. People think that, just not in those words. |