I agree that there are other ways of being engaged and useful but the challenge is changing societies where it is a badge of honour to appear on daytime tv shows like Jeremy Kyle - think Jerry Springer...

It's a problem that is so deeply ingrained in the UK that I can't work out where it begins or ends or where it isn't.  It ties in with everything, the education system, the principles of 'welfare', inequalities, employment...

The scenario you wish to present - how do you shift the paradigm to begin to move towards that?

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