Tuesday, July 10, 2012

With great power comes ...

Sitting on the Royal throne of the evolutionary chain, having the freedom and power to think and make our 
own choices, should be enough reason to make us feel both privileged and obligated to consequences.

The sheer potential for both good and bad that we humans are capable of achieving is quite humbling sometimes.  On one side, we can be a force for evil by killing, hurting, stealing, raping, deceiving and driving mass destruction. On the other hand, we can just as much be a positive force for compassion, empowering, creating art, inventing and driving change in beneficial ways.  

An orchestra is a beautiful analogy of how various personalities (being the different musical instruments and elements) at their best and under good direction can be combined to create something far greater and powerful than any one individual can achieve alone. The performance itself and the natural reactions of the people in this clip are priceless.





Disclaimer: this philosophical post may be the result of the video above combined with too much thinking, too much time at hand and too long being unemployed.

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