> [T]aste governs every free — as opposed to rote — human response. Also apparently governing every free human response-- the smell of farts[1]. I think what

> [T]aste governs every free — as opposed to rote — human response. Also apparently governing every free human response-- the smell of farts[1]. I think what Sontag meant to say in that quote is that if you have more than adequate amounts of food, shelter, comfort, and agreeable company then "taste" tends to govern the way in which you interact with your agreeable compatriots. I'm not sure what this has to do with Cyberpunk. But it's just too tantalizing not to mock these types of exaggerations from authors like Sontag. [1] https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21528731-800-the-yuck-factor-the-surprising-power-of-disgust/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21528731-800-the-yuck...