All roads lead to Rome

but which route to take is entirely up to you. or so you think. until somebody you are in a group with tells you otherwise, that you should follow point A to reach B and subsequently moving on through points C to Z...

that being generically my main point, it has come to my attention that this is the process of standardisation. coming up with a set of rules/guidelines for something that didn't really needed them in the first place. didn't really need the rules if you operate alone for that matter... but if people start coming together to work in teams, it's inevitable that they get organised. things work more efficiently that way. isn't that how civilisation started in the first place? the beginnings of civilisation began more or less (i believe) on a single word: co-operation. true? perhaps not, but here's my 5 cents. i can picture them already, hairy ape-like humans realising they can have a greater chance of survival against other predators by banding together... and resources can be shared thus. roles can be applied/delegated. with roles came leaders, castes, classes... thereby bringing forth the likes of power, religion, ideals. people probably shared what they had with others they are close to. for the less familiar faces, humans would have probably started sharing by bartering. that more or less lead to trade, money, and the whole kahuna of monetary influence in the modern civilisation.

i don't feel like rambling more but you probably got my point. i find it amazing how humans had evolved to be so advanced a race (yes, humans as one race, imagine that!) fuelled by the primal instincts of survival and propagation. but if you come to think of it, what we are doing now are essentially providing means of survival, the basic concern of any animal out in the wild... just that humans probably had wanted to make things more efficient (read: laziness) which lead to what we are today.

i wonder what was that chunk i'd typed but i had to type it out because it was in my head ready to hurl itself out of my mouth into the toilet bowl... which would be a waste.

*two fur balls sniffing each other! mwahahaha...*