It really doesn't take much to be noticed in today's world. There are many fools out there who are written about in the paper, filmed for TV, or simply posted on the Internet. This bothers me.
What happens when we all die and the next species, be it another line of redeveloped humans or a ship full of aliens, comes down to Earth and begins uncovering all we have done. All our TV shows, all our magazines, all our newspapers are about idiots. I have a feeling this won't look good for us. I can see the aliens now, sitting back and hitting Play on Jackass 2.
"Wow, Bob, did you see that? That guy just smashed his reproductive organs on that pole!"
"I did see that, John, I wonder why he did that?"
"Perhaps they aren't allowed to reproduce in this society."
"Or perhaps they are idiots."
"Yes, I like that one. Let's go with that."
"I'll tell the King. Earthians are idiots."
And that will be that. We'll forever go down in history books across the universe as idiots. I don't know about you, but I'm not OK with this. I think we need a change of plan here. I've come to notice that "reality TV" only focuses on the most dysfunctional human beings on the planet. I mean, we have a whole show dedicated to what Paris Hilton does with her day. Why don't we have a reality TV show where we follow around a savant? Then all the people amused by the illogical will get their fill, and yet we'll get to see absolute genius in the process. It'll be a double whammy.
It's a step in the right direction, and that's the key. We need to stop leaving proof that we are idiots, and start leaving proof that we are smart.
Maybe we can spread a complete list of all of Einsteins research across the surface of the planet, you know, just in case-
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