Insanity Inspires

July 21, 2010

Insanity Inspires

With the rare of exception of individuals such as Martin Luther, never in the past have single ideas inspired such worldwide sea change (or waste of productivity) as is provided by the massive connectivity of the internet today.

Without trying to sound as sober as Video #1 below, I'm curious at what point the instant, global networking of human information sharing will come to so perfectly resemble the rapid, synaptic firings of the human brain that the globe itself begins to have some kind of consciousness of its own? Is it happening already?

Jumping back to specifics, two days ago JayLo sent out this rather baffling video of a man known only as Yosemitebear, clearly on something I need to never try, viewing the rare double rainbow:

This guy may might want to avoid ever actually trying sex

At which point a four-child family known as The Gregory Brothers (includes one sister) was inspired to respond with this tune, which, once heard, proves tough to unhear:

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