Stephen Hawking says humanity's future is in space. Is it? I've dreamed of living on Mars. Humans have become so tired of themselves here. How will dark, gloomy, cold space suit them?

I think of weird crimes. Like the guy who robbed a bank in a Darth Vader outfit. Or the flower bandit.

It's fun to hear about these wacky, zany crimes and all I can say is to enjoy them while they last.

I am afraid that there will soon be no unusual occurrences at all. That everything will, paradoxically, become some abnormal form of normal. Mass culture and conditioning has become so powerful that nearly everyone is a carbon copy of everyone else. There is no longer room for individuality or aberration.

People - including criminals - will become so uniform that they will practically walk in lockstep. Everyone will simply have a role in the hive. This is our decadence. Freaks and weirdoes were a product of 80s decadence. There aren't too many freaks and weirdoes anymore. And didn't 80s criminals have more individuality? Didn't they try to stand out? Now criminals try to conform.

So enjoy and wackiness and zaniness while it is still here. Because the unusual may one day be a thing of the past.