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some people are really bent on having a good idea of world history, current politics, classics of litterature and music and cinema and art, certain trivia, etc - it's like a range of subjects one has to be very up on, otherwise u'r not cool at all. (i was just consoling a friend who feels inferior to those who posess such general knowledge.)

i guess my qn is ... how important is knowledge as i described above to YOU? in yourself, in friends, in a mate? how do you feel abt ppl who're focused on their work, family, hobbies, and don't even care for the general knowledge i described?

-yes