HT to Maria Popova (@brainpicker), mostly off topic though this reinforces Stephen Johnson’s ideas about adjacent possibility as the source of great ideas. Plus I’m a huge fan of The Matrix and will have to watch it again after seeing this.
The video is a scene-by-scene mashup of where things came from in The Matrix. Great fun.
“What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” – Ecclesiastes
“My Sweet Lord (krishna krishna hare rama)” – George Harrison
“He’s So Fine (doo lang doo lang doo lang)” – The Chiffons
“All things are derivative” – the Universe