Interest is a major factor in the lives of everyone. It can be said that interest is one of the fundamental driving forces that defines life, and makes us who we are. Interest is another of those fundamental forces that we generally take for granted, or at least underestimate. Although we are mostly defined by our weaknesses, our major interests prevail throughout our lives.

 

A major interest is not always easy to pin down. It may be that we are focused on our daily lives, or perhaps wer are busy with lesser interests that happen to be more accessible at the time. Of course, although we may not be able to consciously engage our greatest interests, we may later find that we know things that we shouldn't. It is not completely understood at what age, or by what means, our interests are formed. One major element in defining interest is obviously who or what affects our lives most. Another major influence is in our abilities and disabilities.

 

Now I will go off the deep end and explain why I described this seemingly reasonable theory. In truth, we have under estimated the affect of interest to an extreme degree. In fact, I have recently found out the very extent that interest has on the human condition. The greatest interest a person could have, if it finds an outlet, can go so far beyond the abilities of an uninterested person that the facts from such activities are unfathomable, and often covered up or taken as lies. I am not talking about simply being exceptional, I am speaking about being legendary. Here I will give some real life examples.

 

I will start with myself. I have had an extreme fascination with human behavior since before I can remember. That is, before school, and before anything should have affected me. I didn't know how to describe it at the time, as is common with most people. Now, I have an understanding of the mind and of why people do things that usually requires years of documented research. I can file and compare lists of thousands of people symultaneously while I live my daily life, constantly coming up with new theories to test, and often proving or disproving theories in a matter of days. When I put this main interest into the conscious part of my mind, I become able to process psychological data at an incredible rate. The people are all people I have spent at least fifteen minutes with, in fact to face candid contact. Of course, the mind is a fickle thing, so I may become unable to control it at any time, and lose sight of my goals.

 

In ancient times, people were largely isolated. They made their own tools when they needed them, and if they wrote down their findings, they were often cryptic and sometimes written in code. This did not stop them from becoming more advanced than we are today. In tiny pockets of the world, people explored regions of art and science that are yet unimagined by us today, and for good reason. They were driven by interest and given all of the tools they needed quickly. We are driven by need, and only given what we sweat and toil for over years. Until recently, only people who toiled and worked out of a survival or competitive instinct were recognized as great people, but information from the ancient past, from people who acted on the greatest impulse of all, interest, keeps revolutionizing areas of science and technology. No matter how advanced we get, if we don't utilize these interest machines in our brains, we won't advance far enough fast enough to survive the next major catastrophe.

 

Another few great examples were the ancient philosophers, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. These people were able to indulge their interests and come up with some truly extraordinary advancements. Many such people, throughout history, have often said that they were acting out of fancy, and they often had no desire for payment or return, except that they might continue doing what they were doing, fascinated at their work. A vast majority of these people also did not claim to have done difficult work, but that it was simply interesting or fun activity. These markers may also be used to determine whether a person is truly following their greatest interests, or whether these people are doing it for attention or personal gain.

 

So, why do we have such powerful interests? I believe that we are meant to have a place in the world to make a differnce, and that we can all help the world in different and extraordinary ways. We must act as a single organism, working to relieve the tensions and suffering of itself, to live in equilibrium and to understand itself. Luckily, the good in the world is banding together to make this a reality, however, the bad in the world is also becoming more concentrated as a result. Anyways, I believe that the world is progressing nicely. And now I must stop this article, and wait for further developments. Hopefully more people will be able to follow their greatest interest and advance the world.