"Creatures of Habit"

My friends and I used to always say "creatures of habit" always in a joking manner. However, I recently went to the Career Center's etiquette dinner and at my table was the general manager of Cintas corp. While we were talking he said that people are "creatures of habit" and in my head I was like OMG you say that too?? lol But he stated that people are afraid of change and just stick to the norm and what they are used to or familiar with. I realized that this is very true and that we don't like change because we rather stay where we are already at which is being comfortable. We need to understand that change is good! Change is what brings about new and better things. Without change this world would never advance and we all would continue to stick to the "norm". Thank God for those who love change and are willing to try new things. Because of this we do advance and improve on the things that we have.

"Number 12 Looks Just Like You"

Technology, among other things, has shrunk the world. This isn't surprising or a huge shock to anyone anymore. Conversing with people one has never met before, from a few cities away to the other side of the globe is normal. It's become as natural as talking to a neighbor, and in some ways for some people, it's easier. So, if such communication is so easy and the world has indeed shrunk to accommodate this, have the barriers that once inhibited it besides location shrunk as well? Have they just become a nuisance which is easily bypassed?

Most will say no. They are correct for the most part. For now.

But how long until those barriers - language and culture and beliefs and whatever else that makes people different- are broken completely or removed? How long until difference is eliminated or so small that it's overlooked? Perhaps it will be a good thing - no more contrast or conflict and no more ways to discriminate. No reasons for it if everyone is the same. But will that remove opinions completely, good or bad, and therefore remove free will and thought?

Perhaps I'm overreacting. Perhaps I read or watch too much science fiction. But, as appreciative of technology as I am, I am still wary of our growing dependence on it.