Stray thoughtoids: We now have the technology to automatically compare blocks of text. We should run all news items through a program like this which would give it an originality score. All writing, in fact. If the bastards are going to lift entire phrases and sentences, even paragraphs, let us brand them with a big fat P and a literary credit score.

Intellectual property is getting hazier. Can't we just all think of ourselves as one big interconnected brain now? That would obviate the need for keeping track of who said what first.

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