the current freakout on twitter is so dramatic and just reinforces the idea that people love thinking something big is happening.

I chalk it up to a collective lack of an intrinsic sense of purpose, of epidemic proportions.

I also think it's easy to manipulate people and stage Big Events and make them seem real when the reality is more that not a whole lot of earth shattering things happen on their own, and especially not quickly, without deliberate coordination in dark corners you'll never see