Sometimes deep thoughts are triggered in the most unexpected ways. A while ago, a random YouTube video came up in my feed. It was a video of a sheepdog herding a large group of sheep. While I do love animals, I neither have farming interests nor am I a pet owner. There was no reason, from my viewing habits, for YouTube to decide this would be right for me. The video, however, was so utterly fascinating that I promptly clicked on a few more sheepdog videos. This led me to an u