Technology is, as always, changing the way we live in ways none of us could ever predict. Whether you think this is the Biblical end of times or not, it’s hard to look at the events of the world around us and not wonder “What in the blue blazes is going on?”

People can order television packages for more a month than some people in other countries make in a year, then use Hulu and never watch TV. Cell phones turned into smartphones turned into Blackberries turned into iPhones which are turning into EverythingPhones. Computers are now being considered alongside women’s handbags as accessories. People in Iran have turned a niche service into a crucial communication and news tool, without prompt or reward. All of this happening in a time when politics is king and people care more about personal issues and desires than the welfare of a nation.

What else is new?

Haven’t we seen this before? With the telegraph during the Civil War? Newspapers with the Spanish-American War? With film during WWI? Television during Vietnam? There is nothing new under the sun.

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