Society's standards and expectations

I read in a book that was fictional about Ragnarok in the times of Norsemen, that Change is born from Chaos. Throughout the book, the idea that Evil is one force and Good is another, that there must be a champion for both of these forces. In the end, the "Champion" was a single man, who, by a mental disability, was able to wield both Evil and Good.

For me, the only way for the world to progress is the removal of things that prohibit the advancement. There are easily a number of things that can be listed for that, but an easy one, that probably wont be removed any time soon if at all, is religion. Religion absolutely rejects (except for some) the views of other religions, thus stopping them from learning from one another. If you remove religion, the ideals put forth by them would still exist, but instead of it being "good for your soul" it would just be "good for humans (or humanity)."

So in all, I believe that Chaos brings Change and advancement, disorder and destruction can bring about new things, new ways of thinking that would allow for further advancement.