Poststructuralism operates on the notion that power is diverted rather than linear and structured. Structuralism, at its core, is about how language functions as a system of meaningful production. Structuralists are more interested in how language is articulated as a science. In this way, structuralism is a more archaeological study where poststructuralism is genealogical, concerned with uncovering the relationship of power and discourse over the mind and body. However, poststructuralists focus on how language expresses truth beyond the text which itself has no significant meaning. Poststructuralism deconstructs our linguistic system, revealing it as a form of power that uses arbitrary symbols to communicate meaning, but which also assumes hierarchical structure and organization: how has language been used to illuminate modern society ? Poststructuralists have an aversion to clear positivist definitions and classifications because the overall nature of language must be defined. In order to make sense of language, language must be used to define the fundamental assumptions expressed in order to clarify the basic definition. Therefore, linear definitions do not and cannot apply. This is perhaps the reason why Michel Foucault rejected the sole title of "poststructuralist" even though he largely lays the foundations of poststructuralism, insisting on its circular character in which knowledge reinforces the "truth" which assumes power. . Foucault believes that truth games are power grabs in which individuals convey a truth using resources and historical specificities to express its legitimacy, which summarizes modern society and its practices in discourse. What Foucault examines and critiques is society's often unhealthy but habitual banter...... middle of article...... We have simulated and innovated for a "better" world -- a ideal type in which our physical reality does not measure up. Since we are subjective beings, we need meaning. We assume we are progressing toward some kind of meaning, but progress is never realized, even though our bodies will one day be finite creatures. From what I can see, the overall goal of "modern" society is to conquer the infinite within us, which is far more complex than language can fully express - that is, so to speak intangible. This is why we have so many linear categories: ways of organizing ourselves. We can have transitory moments of progress within ourselves; however, these are not moments that can be elucidated without a process of dilution through language and text. We can't do what the things we created can do and we might hate ourselves for it. Natural human error, I suppose.