Or else you lose touch. There are a lot of things these future leaders no longer have time for. I was on campus at the height of the election season, and I saw not even one Bush or Gore poster. I asked around about this and was told that most students have no time to read newspapers, follow national politics, or get involved in crusades. One senior told me she had subscribed to The New York Times once, but the papers had just piled up unread in her dorm room.
People are too busy to get involved in larger issues.
When I think of all that I have to keep up with, I'm relieved there are no bigger compelling causes. Even the biological necessities get squeezed out. I was amazed to learn how little dating goes on. I mentioned that when I went to college, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, we often spent two or three hours around the table, shooting the breeze and arguing about things. He admitted that there was little discussion about intellectual matters outside class.