Why?

At work one day I noticed a loud noise. I found that it was a machine used to sort envelopes. I wondered if the noise was in fact the ultimate goal of this device, which incidentally also provides mail sorting features, resulting in a benefit to the organization. I'm sure the discovery that the loud noise and array of gears used to produce said noise was a platform for an employee's advancement once he/she found the noise could sort envelopes. I have heard of people starting in the mail room and working their way up the corporate ladder. I can confirm this as fact.



Again I wonder. Is the effort to create a cool looking motorcycle using an internal combustion engine simply to provide a method of transportation or an exhaust note? Bewildered, I observe that it has another benefit. It simply is an object to park in the driveway while several people drink beer and discuss the exhaust note. The includes the tone, pitch and subtle nuances not perceived by others (especially neighbors and woman). This in fact appears to perform a social function among the male gender.

Are we a species driven by the pursuit of sound rather than the resulting function, simply to drive social networks and interpersonal relations?

Sound sparks genius to produce other devices which make sound, form communication techniques , stimulate the market, and complete the circle of life.

I tried to find an image of sound on Google Images for illustrative purposes, however, I could only find pictures of objects which produced them. Yes, I could have embedded a sound file, which is only a binary representation of sound via a magnetically induced medium. I feared the RIAA was take me to court as a result. People are very protective over this "sound" thing. They copyright sound patterns and indenture the people who make them to a lifetime of service (or until nobody wishes to hear that sound again) while offering a small pittance. All sounds must be paid for and usually the result of two objects being struck in unison. These objects are paid for and any recording of sounds may make you subject to litigation.

If you make enough noise, you'll get noticed.