04-22-2009, 05:56 AM
Speaking of The Borg...
I remember seeing a satellite image of our planet a couple of years ago that offered a view of the East Coast of the United States (I think you could probably do this with Google Earth) and as I zoomed around the northern part of the East Coast, you started to see vast swaths of green earth being overcome by grey concrete and the development of civilization.
That grey cover reminded me that perhaps humanity is the virus that plagues our planet and that we are like The Borg - especially if you remember how grey the Borg planet was...
I remember seeing a satellite image of our planet a couple of years ago that offered a view of the East Coast of the United States (I think you could probably do this with Google Earth) and as I zoomed around the northern part of the East Coast, you started to see vast swaths of green earth being overcome by grey concrete and the development of civilization.
That grey cover reminded me that perhaps humanity is the virus that plagues our planet and that we are like The Borg - especially if you remember how grey the Borg planet was...