Isn't being realistic a little bit too pessimistic?

We are constantly reminded that perfection does not exist. We must settle for something that we can have, but we are always left wanting more. It is a sad fact of life that we all know, we can never have it all. And yet, here we are, chasing perfection.

What poses a problem is the definition of 'perfect'. If there is something more it could be, then it is not a whole. Yet as engineers can confirm, if you can remove something without losing function, then it is inefficient, wasteful. Defining 'perfection' is a deep dark maze with no way out, the more you try, the more lost you get. But defining something or someone 'perfect' for you, that is another matter altogether.

Then again, being human isn't exactly perfect. Out of all the things and being we could've been, we ended up with the one species that's 'greatest' achievement is the ability to efficiently expire all of us by pressing just a few buttons. Sometimes the bar for perfection has to be lowered. After all, some consider love perfect.

Even if we find someone to call perfect, it is a pretty long shot to hope that they think the same of us. And even that might not be enough.


And by perfection, I do not mean the small town constantly bothered by sandworms.



Also, a fun remark I found while reading a review about the new HP Envy laptop-tablet combo:

"No touchscreen option for Windows 8, no downgrade support for Windows 7"

Don't think it is worth the price tag.