collective mind

 I was talking on the phone yesterday when I incidentally looked at my twitter account and read the @antiquiet tweet:

wow. michael jackson is dead.

I couldn't believe my eyes so rushed to the trending topics (few inches away) and surprise, surprise: Michael Jackson Rip,  MJ etc. dominated the list.

I started reading tweets from all over twitter and it looked like he passed away indeed. I updated my FB status immediately  and read an article about the tragic incident.

After few minutes CNN stated that Jacko was still alive, hospitalized in coma. CNN is a pretty important source of trustful information so I thought that maybe someone spread wrong unofficial information. 

An hour passed and the official statement came. The collective mind which produced the trending topics was right.

So this is a good example of how this kind of swarm intelligence works. I'm sure that we will witness many other examples of it: of how it works and the wonders it can produce. 

On another note: let's appreciate more life and the ones we love, admire and have in our lives. Time is precious.

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