In this modern world where (when?) we all drive our fast cars, and live our fast lives, do we not feel anything anymore? No, we do feel things, but they're different. I try to accentuate the knowledge of this in a short time, 'cause none of has anything other than short time anymore. The days of speed are gone, because what we used to call speed is now just a dreaming state of when we were younger.
This whole debate is fairly abstract anyway. We all inherently know that when we play our instruments we care about what we play.
"Dozens of people spontaneously combust each year, it's just not that widely reported".