Today, on the 8th anniversary of 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security’s Absurdity Level is set to orange, and there is a high risk that the TV drama queens out there will try to milk this thing for yet another year. Yes, you know you’re desperate for news when your own erroneous reporting about a major event becomes your top news story this morning.
Or perhaps this is simply more evidence of the singularity that Kurzweil and others are getting all worked up about. The medium itself is the story. It has become self aware. We’re walking around in a hall of mirrors, and the only question that makes any sense to ask is: how deep do the reflections go?
In any event, it’s amusing to watch a major news network try and save face in real time…