Christian973 said:
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that is not necessarily a question of technological advancement, but rather a question of cultural and social differences.
if you spend 2-4 hours on a train every day to get to work and back, you want to fill that time with something enjoyable, like reading or portable gaming, for example.
“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”
- George Orwell, ‘1984’







