In the end, we are a large mass of multiple conflicting
interests, all with disproportionate shares of power and the ability to shape.
With repetition, structures develop: in the brain, in social mores and
understanding, in routine. In this way, there is a larger path of human
progress that really no group of people can influence completely. It’s simply a
great mass that we are all chipping away at in order to shape it in the manner
we deem right. And so let’s forget utopia; these ideals can lead to rigid,
totalitarian rule. You can’t bend people past their capacities to align them
with ideals; they’ll probably snap back eventually. The best we can do is work
as hard as we can to make the greatest dents in the greater shape, and hope
that the form itself catches on.
