Warning - overly dramatic post with too much html approaching :
The internet is, methinks, one gigantic machine-human group mind
There are many computers involved in it and it's internal communication and processing come in a wide range of types
From private interaction via email/IM to web apps - privately shared & published to Social Sharing Sites (incl Blogs, Twitter, Digg, del.icio.us)
The Machine now understands aesthetics as we collate and share content we find pleasing (eg Daily Dose of Imagery) and we benefit as parts of that machine by having access to this information for
And here's a practical example
- imma