Sunday, March 18, 2007

What humanity does best...

I came across a quote in an article in the most recent edition of Paste Magazine. It struck me as quite an insightful observation... Humans are story tellers by nature, but this comment succinctly explains a lot of things like popular music, comedy, novels, visual art, movies, tv, videoclips, the Internet...

"...what humanity does best -- wasting each others' time in increasingly imaginative and enjoyable ways." --John Oliver, of The Daily Show
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