Small worlds within Worlds

Sixtieth Post: Small worlds within Worlds

In biology it is not uncommon to look at an organisms world as a smaller part of a larger picture. We find that in a enormous jungle there is an organism living in the trees eating fruit from the trees. The fruit itself has its own world, it started as a flower blossom and was pollinated by bees. (That is of course if there are bees in the jungle.) The flower went through its own life cycle and had its own experiences as well as the bee, the tree, and the monkey.

Well this doesn’t just apply to a jungle. Think of yourself driving down a street of a busy city. You are thinking about were you are going, reading the map or directions, and paying attention to driving the car. The car continues down the street block after block. You see people but since you are driving do not get a complete picture. So the amount of ground covered is growing as the amount of buildings and people has also increased. You find the spot where you were supposed to meet a friend and begin to look for him. What all did you see on your ride? You probably don’t even remember the details, but it isn’t what you saw. It is what you didn’t see.

What you didn’t see was the microcosms that make of the city. Of coarse you couldn’t view the entire city if you wanted to. But just like the jungle has its infinite happenings, the concrete jungle, or city, is alive and operating. Someone is showering. Someone is dancing. A couple are having lunch. Someone is on the Internet.

But it isn’t just finding the things you cannot see, it is finding the things that interest you. Finding the things you want to experience. Sometimes this is easy and other times it is a challenge. The same things occurs over the Internet. There are message boards, chat rooms, and web pages and files. They have to be found. Meanwhile, the Internet is its own little world or large world...Almost seems like “The Matrix.”