bs2@kensanata Kurt Vonnegut said that superstar music bands killed off local talent. People don't go listen to locals (who are enjoyable enough?) because they buy records (or CDs or streaming services?). In a different context Yeats said that talent(?) used to be more diffuse, so with more narrow distributions we might start to encourage and enjoy growth in nearby people? Your post made me think of #LaoTzu80 too. Japanese Nobel physicist Hideki Yukawa said it was prescient against war and nukes.
> A small country.. fewer people.
Though there are machines that can work ten to a hundred times faster than man, they are not needed. The people take death seriously and do not travel far. Though they have boats and carriages, no on uses them..
Their food is plain and good, their clothes fine but simple, their homes secure;
They are happy in their ways.. they leave each other in peace while they grow old and die.
(translation by #GiaFuFeng and #JaneEnglish)
https://www.wussu.com/laotzu/laotzu80.html
#LaoTzu80