from form to function [remix].

Another line of notes, written for a song on which I will always be working. Coupled with an idea provided by a friend the other night deep in discussion about the idea of advancement of the human species. My mind so focused on the technological aspect I did not consider any other sides of the story, until she brought up an interesting point about a different sort of human advancement not relegated to neutrons and electrons (well, isn't everything but an analogy meant to convey a technological aspect of sorts).

How about, she offered, we forgive the debts of nations unable to pay them? What if, say, we learn somehow not to bicker and wage war against one another over petty differences? How about treating all people equally, and putting an end to discrimination, bigotry, intolerance? It was her opinion that any one of those would signify an advancement of our species far more profound than any new-found technological prowess.

She made an interesting point. A good one, in fact. And so in my struggle to come to terms with lyrics for a never-ending-work-in-progress song, I grasped at ways to put into words this very idea. Just as the unanswerable questions I threw out there like will we be traveling at or near the speed of light by the end of the twenty-first century (read: will that even be possible?) - likewise, is it even possible that somehow we can end intolerance, cruelty of our own kind, discrimination? Can we see past our insignificant differences to realize the enormity of our likeness?

And, if so, does that pose an even greater accomplishment for our species than any sort of technological advancement?