A journey on public transport today finds oneself plunged into a ghastly, Orwellian/Matrix-style futuristic nightmare. Around 50% of one's fellow commuters are plugged into iPods or similar contrivances, cutting themselves off from the real world and rendering themselves into passive 'pod people'. Before the rise of these infernal devices, commuters would, instead, read newspapers or books, which required the use of active, creative imagination, or which fostered an awareness of the wider world around them. No longer!
Doubtless our politicians, advertising agencies and manufacturers of disposable goods will be happy to see the creation of this army of passive, unquestioning consumer drones.
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