Thursday, October 18, 2007

Dance, Monkeys, Dance

Dance, Monkeys, Dance

No comment necessary. This is pure awesome.

Wait, that was a comment. So, maybe one little opinion was necessary.

Well, it's not really necessary, but I wanted to give it anyway.

Some monkeys write down their thoughts hoping other monkeys care what they have to say. But each monkey is so wrapped up in their own little monkey worlds, they pretend to interact with other monkeys, but really only care about themselves. Didn't we evolve with the conception that cooperation was mutually beneficial? Give me a little monkey meat treat when you've got plenty and I have none gives you the promise of my debt and we can all come out on top. It works great until one monkey realizes he can get meat from everyone else and not give anything back. So the question becomes: does that selfish monkey live long enough to reproduce more effectively than all the other helpful monkeys in his tribe, and will his descendants take up his selfish ways? Walking through a mall today or driving down the highway, I'd say his genes have been pretty damn successful.

What kind of monkey are you?

update
Here's another version that sounds like it may have the original audio track by Ernest Cline.

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