Hmm, I think I understand what you're saying and mostly agree (emotional connection! entertainment! rightness!) but I'm not sure the data distinction always works. I mean, facts about Canada are data but I can still find them interesting even if they don't hold obvious practical value. They're interesting sometimes because they are.

So do you think there is always distinction between reality-that-we-experience-sensorily-and-temporaly and reality-that-we-find-in-human-created-things?