They said, "Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth."
We're back to the same problem, with man desiring to be famous. However, their motivations appear to be mixed in this case. Their first, and seemingly primary, reason is to be remembered. The first celebrity-wannabes, I guess. However, their second reason doesn't seem so bad? They want to come together rather than be scattered.
The text isn't clear whether this is to be able to do something that can be remembered, or if it's to avoid being isolated from one another. The first is quite possible, and in fact I think that's the truth. However, if the second is right, it doesn't seem so bad, does it? We were made to have community with one another, not to be alone. Without the ego involved, we might all still be living in Babel (or whatever they named the city instead), and not have to learn different languages.
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