Some of the examples on the comic page starting with: Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies..., are n

Some of the examples on the comic page starting with: Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies..., are not chosen well. I think the opposite of a trivial culture is a culture of self improvement, and at least four of those six examples are ostensibly doing something to improve themselves. One is a competitor in online gaming, one is debating online, the two are watching and debating current politics, one is improving his body. Those are all meaningful activities. I understand that they are not intended to be in the context of the comic, and the visual space is limited. Great comic by the way. Our society seems to be going the way of pleasure, but I don't think it will ruin us.