They can be a great people, Kal-El. They wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way.

So I know this Blerg was supposed to be exclusively about Music, and that any number of additional blogs could be set up to discuss any number of additional subjects, but there is one simple and overriding fact, that reigns in great supremacy over all other facts, both fictional and otherwise: This is my blog, and I can do what I want. So without further ado, I'd like to draw your attention to this BBC News "Tech Lab" article, that was pointed in my direction by one of the greatest living authors, alive or dead, Warren Ellis. It is part of an ongoing BBC series (which is one of many that would never, EVER, EEEEEEEEVER be embraced by the American mainstream media. so say what you will about the evils and potential hobgoblins of state-run media, but also fuck you, because you're wrong. again. with gusto, this time.), where various experts in science and technology talk about what they think the future holds for us, written by Scottish science fiction author Charles Stross:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6287126.stm

Okay, just let me know when you've finished perusing said article. It's okay if you skip over the mathy bits. No one likes math. not even nerds.

Basically, what he's saying, is that the future of human technology is going to look incredibly like this:


And while it won't necessarily be the ghost of Marlon Brando giving our descendents advice, long after the earth's yellow sun has super-nova'd, it may be any number of other characters whom you may very well read about this very blog. MARRIED WITH BLOGREN: THE BLOG OF TOMORROW!!