newly ancient

As I continue to investigate the way that society is formed, I think of how I break social norms. In many ways, I am unlike my peers in my interests and maturity. I break the social norms of middle school boys by not caring about sports or friends. Instead, I work on business and my blog. However, I am not so alone as I would think. So many people around the world - particularly college students - have a growing interest in the web and business. Indeed, I may be breaking the norms for 14-year-olds but I am typical in some of my interests for a 20-something. However, there are some norms that I do not break. Just like other teenage boys, I am self-conscious and like girls. However, instead of expressing this through sports I express myself by building websites. I am breaking the social norms of sporty, sleepy teenagers who fail in school.

Social norms are constantly created and thrown aside. Through a process of Darwinism, the social law which works is kept in place while the old, inefficient systems are gradually cast away. This complex system of ethics and social contract came into place as evolution decided our fate as an intellectually species. Once the process of evolution established our exterior it set upon crafting the mind. After many improvements, we had reached the intellectual proficiency to take the tools from “Mother Nature� and craft our race’s social contract. Still, we use a Darwian process of survival of the strongest ideas to advance our race’s ideas. Over many generations, “society� left behind the ideas of divine right and barbaric process. Even as our moral ideas grow, our technology evolves. The technology serves as scaffolding so that the workers of social law can expand and eventually build upon the technology. Now, through the speed of the internet, billions of people all over the world are able to communicate instantly. This has dramatically increased the speed at which social norms change. Instead of ideas becoming established over generations, they can now be established within hours. At this speed, any goal is attainable as the future turns into yesterday. Social norms evolve through a Darwian process upon the supports of technology.

It is those who go against social norms who eventually change them. Although the ideas may at first be cast out as insane, society realizes that they are truly efficient and eventually adopts them. To illustrate this, let us go back in time…

Although originally thrown out as dangerous, the fire of innovation eventually heats everyone. Society and social norms change because of the few who swim against the tide. From cavemen to famous artists to technology executives, the greatest leaders let the fire of change burn them. Social norms are drafted by individuals then ruled out through Darwinism.