Amazing things are going on all around them, but they aren t aware of it. They miss out on many of the treasures and pleasures of life, because they are in a rut. They seem to live a mindless, unaware existence. They behave like zombies or robots or wind-up toys. They don t really live their lives.
Some people don t want to know new ways of doing things.
They don t want to be bothered with new ideas or new inventions. They don t want to add any new information to what they already have in their heads. After all, thinking requires effort and energy. It is mental work. They look forward to a sameness in all their days.