Hirachy of human functions. Yet it is imperfect, and from this ambiguity, self exploration is formed. There could be no 'search for the self' if we knew where it was and the nature of it. We are attempting to gain control of ourselves, gain an understanding. Creation in a virtual space, needing nothing but controlled creativity.
Control is replayed against, and within, our society.
We seek to control our fellows. From the brain washing practiced in todays schools, to television, to the controls placed upon the very programming we see on those TV's. The human mind is too versitile to be allowed to develop freely, society would not know how to interact with itself. It would cease to exist. It is allowed to defend itself through these conditioning methods, as any 'creature' would, but it does constrict the individual mindset.