Before asserting anything about what 'reality' actually is, please consult:

(Hat tip)

Ah, the amazing future, in which we'll survive the death of our physical bodies by uploading our consciousness to computers. Uh wait, reality check...technology is filtered through businessmen and lawyers:

Created by Tom Scott, and inspired by Jim Munroe's Everyone in Silico and Rudy Rucker's Postsingular.

Well this just looks jaw-droppingly good. From the makers of the amazing Baraka, a film about the myriad ways of being human on an amazing sphere of dirt and water: Samsara.

The film is out on August 24 in the US, and August 31 in the UK. Also, reactions from the film's premiere in London recently:

Visually, one of the most amazing things I've ever seen, but you kind of leave feeling a little bit shell-shocked and questioning your existence a little bit...

Here's another interesting documentary that interviews a few of our good friends, including parapsychology researcher Dean Radin:

I AM is an utterly engaging and entertaining non-fiction film that poses two practical and provocative questions: what’s wrong with our world, and what can we do to make it better? The filmmaker behind the inquiry is Tom Shadyac, one of Hollywood’s leading comedy practitioners and the creative force behind such blockbusters as Ace Ventura, Liar Liar, The Nutty Professor, and Bruce Almighty. However, in I AM, Shadyac steps in front of the camera to recount what happened to him after a cycling accident left him incapacitated, possibly for good. Though he ultimately recovered, he emerged with a new sense of purpose, determined to share his own awakening to his prior life of excess and greed, and to investigate how he as an individual, and we as a race, could improve the way we live and walk in the world.

See the film's official website for links to purchasing/video-on-demand options. (h/t @levitatingcat)

I posted this over at Air Lasagna earlier, but seeing as I've posted about Jeb Corliss' wingsuit flights before here ("Grinding the Crack"), I thought it worth adding here in case some of you miss it at A.L.

On a January 16 'flight' from Table Mountain in South Africa, Corliss went a little too close in skimming his way down the incline, and his bottom half hit rocks at around 180km/hr. He was sent careering towards the ground, and - despite having broken most of the bones in his legs - managed to pull his chute in just enough time to save his own life.

After five weeks in hospital, Corliss has taken his first steps (with the aid of crutches), but has no thoughts of hanging up his wingsuit: "“The only reason I’m getting better is so that I can jump again. That’s what I do. There’s absolutely nothing in this world that’s going to stop me from jumping.”

Corliss has released the video from his near-fatal crash at Table Mountain - showing it from various angles - which you can view below:

Reaction from one wag on YouTube? "He used to wingsuit, then he took a mountain to the knee."

Humanity: interlopers in Earth's history (click for larger version).

You might also enjoy:

• The Known Universe
• My God, It's Full of Stars

Based on Dr. Seuss's final book before his death, a story about life's ups and downs, told by the people of Burning Man 2011.

Directed by Teddy Saunders.

It was great to see that Scott Hulan Jones' Supernature documentary project passed its funding goal on Kickstarter. For those interested in the film, he's released a second trailer featuring some interview footage:

Great vibe!

Today would have been the 50th birthday of the late, great Bill Hicks. Looking at the news today, I feel like we need someone like him more than ever...you could play one of his routines and it would seem even more relevant than ever. The demons continue to run amok...but remember, it's just a ride:

Watersports will never be the same again:

0:35 would absolutely require a head-back, evil-genius laugh...