people just aren't interested. they'd rather be angry or upset or scared or distracted by the latest inane fad. it doesn't need to be this way but it's a consequence of our media that has increasingly marginalised stories of progress, innovation, success because it doesn't drive engagement in the same way. the story about the discovery of liquid water on mars, literally one of the major scientific discoveries of the century, got pushed to fourth in the running order in the national news on the day it happened. below the retirement of some fag british diver.
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