text: are the things we need to learn at the bottom?should we all go to the bottom?   if we all went to the bottom, we wouldn't be a coherent society.  but on occasion, we send out the scouts to gauge the depths.  that way, not all of us have to go there.  not all of us die in traffic accidents either, but we know its out there.  i think the road gods demand blood tithe when we travel faster than we can run.  same with hitting bottom.  our bad habits extract a pound of flesh from us, or someone like us.