These appeared in my mind while I was listening to the students. I just did not want to interrupt them, but made notes.
To Alpha
Cultural need does not die out of satisfaction, but inspires thinking, discussing (you said "walk and talk''), criticizing, generally speaking -- keeping it (a cultural phenomenon) to yourself, remembering, recalling, repeating, quoting, following, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Sometimes you like a book so much, that you start reading over as soon as you finish it. You can read over the entire thing or do it selectively, try to remember, to relate to yourself or to others selected passages... None of that applies to a physical thing in general, to consumer goods in particular. You may like some meal and eat it once in a while, but that's it.
To Kappa
If someone is watching TV continuously, it is never or rarely the same movie or show. It must keep changing and oftentimes keep being forgotten for these sorts of watchers. We are hardly dealing with an audience in this case. I would say that people who 'watch and watch' whatever comes on, do not communicate with, but consume video-production. They act like consumers, not like an audience.
To Kappa again
Yes, if you are hungry -- it does not matter, what to eat; if you are cold -- it does not matter how to warm up; if you haven't slept for a long while -- you can fall asleep anywhere, anytime. You would probably read anything if you were deprived from reading for a long time... But if you haven't been brought up as a reader, such a deprivation would not bother you...
To Gamma
You say, you will not read a boring book. It is a kind of obvious assertion. Still, there are a few ideas emerging 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 none-useful thing? The answer is kind of obvious, although it is quite likely that a skillful person can use what an unskillful cannot. This is, probably a point where three worlds differ: people, cultural phenomena and physical things.
To My Reader
As always, this discussion between students left more questions than answers. As always it spurred a lot of thinking in me and turned my mind in an entirely new direction.
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