Something has gone wrong with the human experiment. Problems worsen, like the days before a flu kicks into high gear, so we tighten our belts and charge ahead as best we can. Doubt itches and burns and infects our sleep, but we can't find a clear source of the problem. We know we do not feel well, and even use the term sickness. Could it be we're infected with a thought-virus?
Diseases are organisms which have adapted to a parasitic role. While a cold makes you sick, it is living off of your nutrients and spreading outside of you. Each sneeze spreads it further, and every meal goes in part to the cold. Idea viruses live in your mind and spread through your acts. Every time you go into work and every person seems to be repeating a clever phrase from a television comic or radio commentator, you have seen the thought-virus in action.
Read More (323 words): The Virus
Diseases are organisms which have adapted to a parasitic role. While a cold makes you sick, it is living off of your nutrients and spreading outside of you. Each sneeze spreads it further, and every meal goes in part to the cold. Idea viruses live in your mind and spread through your acts. Every time you go into work and every person seems to be repeating a clever phrase from a television comic or radio commentator, you have seen the thought-virus in action.
Read More (323 words): The Virus
