What I am about to say is not supposed to be insulting or personal, just some observartions on relative culture. I spent a while reading the author's stories fr

What I am about to say is not supposed to be insulting or personal, just some observartions on relative culture. I spent a while reading the author's stories from the road, and what I found most interesting was the disdain the author expressed for "unenlightened" midwesterners, who are "intellectually torpid". This is a very interesting project, but maybe from their point of view, the author is wasting his capabilities on frivolous, selfish, and unsustainable persuits. I was also intrigued by the author's idea that only his, liberated view of public sexuality was correct. Reading between the lines, I also would be uncomfortable in a public setting if a nearby couple were being "openly sexual", and I don't think that's because I need some liberation. It does give some interesting insight into the development of Bay Area culture and thought. Oddly enough, the modern Progressive views on liberated sexuality have come full circle, with now almost contractually-described processes.