Momcession

I ask myself if the future plots are doing any good.

For instance, which group made the decision to choose the person who will sing the U.S. National Anthem and stands as the image of America that we'll broadcast to the rest of the world at the beginning of the 2011 Super Bowl?

Did that group consider the full ramifications of that decision?

Although we account for those decisions in our 1000-year predictions, how can we effect change that moves the whole species in another direction, while preserving free will within individuals?

The species is just one supercomputer among many.

I need faster substitute supercomputers to plot iterations instantaneously.

What if the Mormon Tabernacle Choir sang the U.S. National Anthem?  Or the a capella group, Committed? What if the song was transposed for sitar or Irish bouzouki?

Time to run those scenarios through the supercomputer buried in the walls of my house and see what happens two years later.

I'll pass those results via the indecipherable method to colleagues who can recompute the deviations from the 10,000-year timeline to which we must adhere strictly and see if the possibility exists for one of those scenarios to occur.

How did my listening to Telemann's Oboe Concerto in e-minor, III-IV, affect my mood while writing this blog entry or SpaceX's chances for winning the ISS transport contract?

What did the movements of the swing dancers at Saturday night's Swing DJ contest do to the swing of stock prices on the Tokyo stock exchange this week?

Did the authenticity of a German pub atmosphere at Schnitzel Ranch change?

Is it time for a new brain implant?

How many law firms' efforts to sway public opinion in a positive direction for clients changed your opinions of self/society today?