It’s amazing how dependent our every day activities are upon the level of technology we have available.

Five years ago, I would not have been able to keep up with the cultural mores of the Middle Class United States people without owning a television. Now, I haven’t owned one for a year and a half and I’m more than capable of seeing what everyone else is seeing via my mobile phone, video content on the Internet, and various other technological channels that are now available to me as a member of that class.

These technologies spread cultural mores much faster than those of the past. I would argue that part of the purpose of developing these increasingly efficient and effective methods of communication is so that we will all have a common language…some foundation to start at when trying to understand each other. When entering peace talks with an opposing nation with opposite views on everything from government to religion to civil rights, we can still all agree that Lost is confusing and Brad and Angelina are Hollywood’s hottest couple.