Everyday Things

Sometimes it's remarkable what those among us in the world can create. Sometimes it's also remarkable what has yet to be created. I look around and see what we've been able to do as species. I looked at a car on the road today and saw the subtle nuances in just the exterior metal, just the things that make one every car look different from the next. I thought about how that piece of metal had to have a history, had to be designed, had to go to a factory to be formed, and had to be just right to be put on the car. I thought about how every car is just so different, but has a history similar to the next.

I then thought about how, despite the fact that we've been able to create such things, we have not been able to do some things that I thought would be natural by now; some things that seem obvious. For instance, creating a car capable of obtaining greater than 30 mpg on average but still have decent power. Once we make a breakthrough, we're stuck. The corporate world then prevents that breakthrough from evolving.

The world can be such a phenomenal place and such a depressing one all at once. I'm sitting with my laptop, connecting with many friends wirelessly. I'm drinking a beverage we've known how to make for hundreds of years. I'm imagining what the future holds. I'm remembering what the world was like before cell phones.

It's all so amazing. Sometimes it's really not, though. I guess every person goes through experiences that gives him a subset of the "real world view." I just hope yours is the most amazing one.