[It's the tone that keeps her from snapping at him. What sort of society functions without those things? But at least he's asking.]

Almost any traditional form of entertainment is legal, within reason. Football, baseball, basketball, the old sports and the new ones. Eating competitions are popular. We've got books, movies, television, and, yes, art. Within the bounds of good taste. Religion is big. We encourage what hobbies are safe.

These are valuable sources of entertainment and employment. We'd have to be mad to ignore them entirely.

As for space travel, we have many colonies beyond our solar system. There was a bit of a war recently, but the Zhind have been beaten back and the rebelling 'free' colonies were... dealt with by the SJS.

[And boy, didn't that leave a taste in her mouth. Especially when she read how close they came to crippling Earth's entire civilization to make a statement.]

Nix on the underwater exploration, however. The oceans are too polluted for most. The Atom War, as well as the various nuclear missiles that have exploded in the Black Atlantic since then.