done...and done

private @riehler - can you pls correct a typo. It is "mash" instead of "mosh". I must have had a time shift and was thinking in terms of the good-old days of punk rock and mosh pits.

How is anyone supposed to get any sleep anymore? How are we, as mere humans, supposed to manage all this fractionalizing and digital re-homoginization of data? We're living in a massive matrix, and with the whole concept of the Gutenberg parenthesis, we've gone from the very flat textuality (-ism?) of the period we just closed, to have to confront, no let me correct myself, to *process* this data *as if we were a computer* but now as you've pointed out, computers are "technically" capable of telling stories. I've got so many pieces of data archived for planned use, that by the time my brain can put all the mashes I've started back together, I am truly confused. I don't think many people realize it, or think about it, or know about it, but we're living in the middle of a digital stratosphere with an infinite # of layers. But the problem is data doesn't take up any space, it is *virtual* space, so something could be x to the 118th layers thick and still appear the same on our computer screen. Help, get me out of here!!!!
To me, it seems like the only difference between intellectuals and non-intellectuals is actually a paradox. The intellectual has somehow mastered the art of quieting the mind enough to filter the signal to noise ratio, which to most people sounds like noise.
Thanks for listening, I'm going to try to get some sleep now. I really enjoy your site.