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The Box: the World as We Know it Today

They chanted His name.
We chant his name.

They strived to be like God.
We strive to be God.

I started reading this book called Homo Deus: the history of tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari. It takes a twist on Homo Sapiens, and instead, evolves humans into diety. Outrageous, right? Except that's what humankind as a whole is doing, not just Harari. As humans, we strive to know more every day. We pluck an apple off of the Tree of Knowledge because we remain unsatiated by what we have. It's not necessarily greed because we aim to improve and prevent hardship. Although we don't aim to be God, we step toward God with every point of growth we experience.

A prime example of this is in technology. My mom told me that she used to wonder if universal video calling would be possible. Well, just yesterday, I spoke to my friend from across the world, connecting in a matter of seconds. Today, I wonder if roads full of self-driving cars are possible. Inconceivable, I think, but who knows what tomorrow will hold?

Innovation is occurring at such rapid paces that we can't always keep up. And as humans, we don't like change. We're comfortable with what we know and have, even if it isn't the best. But as we look back in history, everything good came from change and novelty. Although this may have been meant in the context of poetry, even "if [things] don't seem normal, don't try to look for normal." So as we encounter both poetry and innovation in the real world, take a step outside of the box. Don't just look.



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