Doctor Steel wrote:Hello, my name is Dr. Phineas Waldolf Steel and I'm crazy. At least that's what they tell me. It's a real load off of my mind too. I mean you can get away with pretty much anything if you're bonkers. It really relieves a lot of pressure and responsibility for me.
What I've noticed about being insane is the fact that most people really don't want to acknowledge insanity. You can walk down the street talking to yourself (or little dancing bears that no one else sees) and people violently avoid eye contact. "Keep walking, don't look at the crazy guy. Act like you don't see him." You become invisible because people just don't want to deal with what they don't understand. Life is too busy to try and stop someone from having a conversation with a fire hydrant. And being crazy isn't illegal. You won't even be placed into an insane asylum unless you try to hurt yourself or others (note: that also includes trying to burn down your ex-employers toy company).
There are a lot of things I like about being crazy, but one of my favorites things has to be the fact that I don't have to be anything that the world expects me to be. If I feel like crawling around on the floor and barking during a business meeting, so be it. I'm nuts. If I feel like spouting off conspiracy theories involving the Alien Illuminati or that I will one day become World Emperor, then that's just to be expected. After all, I'm complete wacko. And it's rather convenient.
For warmup, let's begin with the man's PSAs (public short announcements):
Insanity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lBIETTmSXU
The Singularity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejOyiOJPdv4
Imagination
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eim4cpBmShA
Reality Engineering
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QNwkR4HU8Q
Alien Illuminati
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCUZPBjBosI
Create!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIcBfJw__k0
then immerse yourself in the powerful message of this longer feature in which he describes his utopia:
Building A Utopian Playland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J48vuoO2PQY
and finally listen as he's talking eloquently about his vision:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07-cpKE9bUw
"Beauty... and robots."

The work this man is doing for the world is fucking incredible.