Writing an e-mail was inordinately difficult because my brain is trying to comprehend that the Internet + non-dualism + the development of multicellular life implies that the Borg are a probable future; but when we arrive as such it may be a form of enlightenment. If current individuals were particularly intelligent in the next couple of years, they could probably existing technologies to establish themselves as effective precursors. Conclusion: Facebook + wireless sunglasses could turn "friends" into multi-organism beings. But the sci-fi writers knew that no later than 1989, so why does this feel like news to me?
Queries:
Does your brain do this kind of thing? Does everyone's? How much of conversation is spent simply attempting to establish a premise from which you can actually say something useful? How often do you find it hard to tell someone what your schedule is this weekend because you are preoccupied by the idea that sending someone an e-mail in order to make plans is functionally similar to one neuron passing on a message to another, only less efficient?
I've mentioned a wish for effective dense communication in the past. So are we all walking around, intensely frustrated by an inability to communicate the bigger picture of our circumstances to each other, or is all this crap in my head a uniquely problematic: akin to schizophrenia or ADD?