h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Well, I just found out that no matter what we do, no matter how hard we work at it, and no matter how good we achieve things, it just doesn't matter. Nothing we do will be of any consequence. We may cause ripples but the river what be affected so it's time for the changes in my life to take hold and to remain. A new era is coming. Know our power, know our strength and tremble.....

Actually I think it can- because one person can change the outcome of a battle, one person can change the way in which you se something and the greater the opinion, the greater the change will be.

Say for the sake of an example- you turned out to be the troll-which of course you're not. It would affect our lives greatly forcing us to behave and act accordingly.

Or say you were the wealthy son of a very rich millionaire- then we might feel revered to be in your presence, you have influence and indeed power to use that influence- any statements you make can affect others, and their actions will carry far.

So power equals recognition; this equals a change in established order and thus things can become changed so severely that time can be shunted into a different direction.

But our changes make no difference. It doesn't matter who's president or prime minister or undersecretary of the UN. These things are farces. We can not construct things of agelessness, it's beyond our abilities or wants. Our changes are denting at the most and will not withstand the millenia that are to come.