No longer bound to one particular piece of ground by the earth that they farmed, people could move about and learn more about what was happening both in their own societies and those nearby.

由于不再为他们所耕种的大地羁绊于任何一片特定的土地，人们可以自由流动，并更多地了解到有关他们自己社会中以及邻近社会中所在发生的一切。

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One place in particular it seems to happening is Paddington.

BBC: Paddington walk incurs ?4.60 erroneous Oyster charge

It was the fault of everyone and of no one in particular, and we cannot know how to prevent it from happening again.

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