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 this case. I would say that people who “watch and watch” whatever comes on do not communicate with but simply consume video-production. They act more like consumers, not like an audience.

To Kappa, Again Yes, if you are hungry, it does not matter what you eat; if you are cold, it does not matter how you get warm; if you have not slept for a long time, you can fall asleep anywhere, anytime. You would probably read anything if you were deprived of reading for a long time. But if you have not been brought up as a reader, such a deprivation would not bother you.

To Gamma You say you will not read a boring book. This is something of an obvious assertion. Still, a few ideas emerge from this. A book can be boring for one person and interesting for another. A person can be boring but loved. Now, how does this translate into the world of physical things? Can we use a non-useful thing? The answer is obvious although it is quite likely that a skilled person can use what an unskilled person cannot. This is probably the point at which three worlds differ—people, cultural phenomena, and physical things.

To My Reader As I said, this discussion among students revealed more questions than answers. However, as usual, it spurred a lot of thinking and caused me to think along a completely different path. How do those things work in reality? How can they work under different circumstances? I turned to online discussions, but adults were not that stimulating as my students.