Why would I go anywhere they don't speak english?

[Hortensis]

17. Also lack of interest in others, lack of intellectual curiosity,

lack of interest in knowledge. Whatever causes it, it's real. The curiosity of early childhood dries up. Just think of the lack of general knowledge that caused this person to imagine English wasn't spoken in Sweden. Before electronic books I pretty much knew who read occasionally at home by availability of reading lights, and many didn't have any anywhere.

I once had a 17-year-old neighbor boy stop me cold by asking with breathtaking sincerity, "Why would I want to?" when I tried to encourage him to accept an offer to become an exchange student to Greece for a few weeks. I was stunned because I'd thought maybe he didn't want to miss out on his friends' doings or something else understandable, but his profound lack of interest was a huge, eyeopening lesson.

Many are most happy surrounded by their own small worlds and really don't want more. Fear of the unknown must certainly be part of it at base, but never to imagine they're not very content sitting around with friends talking about what everyone they know is doing and "wondering" (but not really) what's wrong with the rest of the world, Their choice and wouldn't change if it they could. Which they could.