OK, I'm a little slow. I watched Star Trek but I just hadn't put it together in my head why some here refer to "The Organization" as the Borg. I wasn't sure whether it was just me being discontented or whether the public speakers at Kingdom Halls were really getting less and less worthy of presenting themselves in front of an audience.
The idea was supposed to be that "mature ones" could overlook a colorless delivery and glean all of the spiritual truths that are being presented. But the reality is that the creator hasn't left us in some blah universe to guess whether the Creator has a personality or not. At least we have the human capacity to appreciate beauty, love and a zillion other turbo-charged, unnecessary-for-survival quality of life things to enjoy.
Why would the Organization squelch variety in the public speakers? To discourage all of that hero-worship that people in general seem to go for, but you would think that if we have the "maturity" to overlook a lackluster talk, we would also find a way to sort out the ego issues.
Wouildn't we?
Ha! The Borg! That's about right...