now one might be tempted to say that that’s a bad thing, but in my experience you can also catch a fever when you’re really positively excited about something. and virus … well, let’s say, to me it’s not an all-negative term either. knowledge is a virus (i wish i could link to an earlier blog post of mine about this, but unfortunately i never wrote down my ideas about this). basically, knowledge spreads just like a virus, it’s immaterial, consists of information, and has the typical replication patterns of viruses, including being subject to mutation and selection.
humans are a virus and the earth has a fever
now one might be tempted to say that that’s a bad thing, but in my experience you can also catch a fever when you’re really positively excited about something. and virus … well, let’s say, to me it’s not an all-negative term either. knowledge is a virus (i wish i could link to an earlier blog post of mine about this, but unfortunately i never wrote down my ideas about this). basically, knowledge spreads just like a virus, it’s immaterial, consists of information, and has the typical replication patterns of viruses, including being subject to mutation and selection.