1) there's the illustration of people ignoring a world Class violinist playing on the subway when dressed as a busker I hate to see this brought up over and ov

1) there's the illustration of people ignoring a world Class violinist playing on the subway when dressed as a busker I hate to see this brought up over and over. There is a great contextual difference between a concert hall and a subway station. People go to the concert hall to hear music. People go to the subway to get to work. It is not that they don't recognise the quality of the music; they are simply not paying attention to the music at all. Even if they do notice the music and notice that it is unusually good, they are still not all that likely to stop. They have a train to catch and things to do. Why is it surprising that people would ignore a busker in the subway no matter how good they are?