Can't afford it is an understatement. My coffee shop barely makes enough to pay its own bills, and the owner works full-time elsewhere during the day, only to go to said shop for 6 hours every night. Even a small fee of a few hundred dollars would put us in serious financial trouble, if not cause us to close our doors. Yes, we have live music, yes, covers are played, and yes, the first piece of mail we recieve (if at all) from these dogs of the music industry will be met with laughter and a referral to a lawyer. This sort of behavior is bordering on extortion.
I (at the freshly graduated age of 22) fit within the term "they" in the response title.
This report is appalling, and most likely poorly represented. However, having been privy to discussion in my recent classes concerning space exploration and the entire program in general, I can vouch for the lack of interest in my generation; or as the article calls us, the "iPod gen."
There are too few of us who actually have the want, let alone the wonder and interest to achieve what is possible with our current technology, let alone what could be possible if more funding were available. However, this sense of apathy is not exclusive to the space program. My generation, as far as what I have generally seen, is pretty much apathetic toward most any issue of importance, be it politics, global climate change, and what have you.
It's not as much that we "grew up with it," but we never understood the importance, nor cared to in the first place. That might be the most disconcerting idea of all.
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Can't afford it is an understatement. My coffee shop barely makes enough to pay its own bills, and the owner works full-time elsewhere during the day, only to go to said shop for 6 hours every night. Even a small fee of a few hundred dollars would put us in serious financial trouble, if not cause us to close our doors. Yes, we have live music, yes, covers are played, and yes, the first piece of mail we recieve (if at all) from these dogs of the music industry will be met with laughter and a referral to a lawyer. This sort of behavior is bordering on extortion.
I (at the freshly graduated age of 22) fit within the term "they" in the response title. This report is appalling, and most likely poorly represented. However, having been privy to discussion in my recent classes concerning space exploration and the entire program in general, I can vouch for the lack of interest in my generation; or as the article calls us, the "iPod gen." There are too few of us who actually have the want, let alone the wonder and interest to achieve what is possible with our current technology, let alone what could be possible if more funding were available. However, this sense of apathy is not exclusive to the space program. My generation, as far as what I have generally seen, is pretty much apathetic toward most any issue of importance, be it politics, global climate change, and what have you. It's not as much that we "grew up with it," but we never understood the importance, nor cared to in the first place. That might be the most disconcerting idea of all.