World Map and Exploration

 The world was once flat, and stood at the centre of the universe... then once time it took a spherical shape and began orbiting around the sun, which became just one small part in an infinite system of galaxies. Our spherical Earth started with a few countries, which then began expanding... as ships travelled across the ocean that once covered everything unknown, whole continents started to form.

 This was a time of exploration, where the world map was developed. Using a computer program, you can even scan across the entire planet from your own computer. Go site seeing, even dive into the ocean. The technology is fascinating, but the loss of adventure in our modern society is greatly dissapointing. 

 There aren't ship fleets of explorers conquering the raging sea on a journey to find new land. But as a species, we are still always on some sort of search for new information. There's always new things to learn, more research to be done, discoveries to be made, old technologies to be advanced. Constantly trying to move forward with time. But why? Well, imaging the human race with no desire to answer all these mysteries... we really wouldn't have anything to do with ourselves. The search for information is a way to give ourselves purpose, as if somehow knowing everything will make a big difference in the end. 

 But, as someone with a curious mind, eager to learn about the world and how it works, I can say that it does make me feel as if it has purpose. Isn't it better to be aware of the world around you? But how much left is out there to find? How many questions are unanswered, and what new questions will arise through discovery of new answer? It's really still a blank map... only it's filled in within laboratories and testing fascilities. That's not really enough for me.. that doesn't captivate my interest. There's no adventure in looking through I microscope. I want to be on the ship, wrecked by the high waves of the ocean, crashing onto a new shore which I can then draw onto the black canvas of the world map.