One of my (admittedly depressing) insights about, well, insight is that no matter how original you think your idea is, it has already been thought, debated, championed, debunked, resurrected, and put on some obscure web page somewhere.

My comments about the "echo chamber" are, of course, no exception.

The most irritating aspect of the whole thing? Whether it's due to being overly self-critical or simply grass-is-greenerism, it always seems better than my own stuff.