Years ago I was working with a rock band that was playing to about ten to fifteen people every night of the week. Fed up the bass player turned up his volume. The lead guitarist followed suit to prevent being drowned out. The drummer and the vocalist retaliated in kind. Two years later they were playing at ear splitting volume to adoring thousands. The more extreme the envornment, the more extreme the entertainment media becomes, the stimulated the audience, the louder, flashier, more fantastic, the more...the more....The voice of gentle reason is submerged and entertainment looks for thrills rather than education and enlightenment. Can we ever turn the volume back down?
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