Latent Destiny by Anurag

Modak

t spreads like a fire

Like a virus

Like a fungus

Hungry for food.

It leaves behind a network, A web of glowing embers

Of straight lines

Of order

Of chaos

Of life

And, of death.

Yet, looking upon the growth of the human creature

One must indeed wonder:

Did the power that created the Universe imprint upon it a certain pattern? Did it leave instructions for us on how to find him/her/it/all/none?

The images of the superstructure of the Universe reveal an unusual network: Matter clustered into nodes and filaments, With voids in between.

How similar this superstructure is to the handiwork of human city-building And how closely human city-building resembles the brain.

Perhaps, we have an inherent geas to replicate this pattern? To build a brain?

After all, can we not understand human cities in terms of neurons? They are connected by highways of sorts: Super-fast flows of information, Linked by numerous branches, all cross-communicating Certain ones are responsible for administration: Executive decision-making, passing judgments, creating formal and informal rules of operating Certain ones are known for problem-solving and innovation

Some are critical for communication and the flow of information, goods, and services Others are known for appreciating the fine arts:

Music, painting, sculpture, literature, and architecture

Yet others are simply tasked with cultivating the next generation.

We must thus wonder:

To what end are these cities constructed?

Shall the Earth become as though a brain? Is this the latent destiny of the Universe? The answer One way or the other, Is equally exciting

Frightening

And, strange…