Build A Laser Microphone

From Lifehacker comes this explanation of how to build a microphone that can be used at a distance, from a laser. That way you can listen in on conversations in the house across the street! And be a real spy! And find out embarrassing things about the neighbors! Or find out they're just as boring as they appear!



I just would like to know if we could just skip all the social decline and go right to the fall or do we have to go through every stage, one crazy technological development at a time?

If you can't resist participating in humanity's apparently inexorable decline, here's a link to instruction on how to build the long-range laser spy system.