What a Utopia Modern Society Is

So I've been thinking lately, has anyone ever considered just what a utopia modern society is? To me, it is such a utopia that it almost seems insane to a degree. We have iPods, cellphones, laptop computers, high-speed Internet access, bookstores (although those MAY be on the fritz---Barnes & Nobles is having a lot of trouble competing against Amazon and ebooks), coffee shops (Starbucks in particular), grocery stores BURSTING with fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, cheeses, breads, plus all sorts of other goodies as well. There are innumerable consumer products to purchase.

And with the modern World Wide Web, CRIPES! You've got:

1) Google - arguably one of the greatest inventions of all time, and able to provide instant answers and information for anything. How the heck did we ever even get by without it!?

2) Youtube - another great innovation, if you hear a piece of music or hear of an obscure video, chances are, Youtube has it.

3) Wikipedia - IMO, another great source for starter information on topics. One has to be careful with it regarding topics that involve ideology and so forth, but in general, it gives good starter information I think.

4) Amazon.com - a new book you want to read:? Want to see the general reviews on it from people? Just head to Amazon. Want to look up books on a certain subject? Head to Amazon, they'll likely have the book AND they will then give you a list of additional books that are related to the particular book you are looking at. They will also show you the books that customers who have bought this particular book have purchased.

So amazing.

Movies and videogames too. Movie special effects used to be pretty limited and videogames were pretty lame, but now videogames have stellar graphics and gameplay and movies they are capable of producing any kind of special effects now. Imagine how spoiled rotten the AVERAGE kid in modern America being born today is going to grow up.

Then the autos. I remember when a car phone was a big deal and televisions in cars were for limousines only pretty much. Today, everyone has a cellphone and numerous vehicles have everything from navigation systems to full television and DVD systems if we're talking SUVs.

Or think about access to knowledge. Today, you can listen to almost any piece of music instantly. Anything not available on Youtube you can download for a few dollars from iTunes or Amazon or one of them. You have access easily to all the great composers of music. You have access to all the great works of literature and books, and now that is becoming even easier with ebooks. You can have thousands of titles just on a frigging e-reader or your laptop or desktop.

You can literally sit in a well-heated home or apartment in the freezing winter, in a comfortable chair, drinking a coffee, and listening to any of the great music composers, while reading a great book. The extraordinary wealth of modern society is just truly incredible.

Always remember, the United States is only 5% of the global population, and even if one includes the other Westernized countries in the world, it still is only a fraction of the global population. Most of the world unfortunately lives in squalid poverty still, which means being born into a nation like the United States means you have truly won the lottery of life.

Unfortunately, the way kids are raised these days, they all seem to take all of it completely for granted. No one walks into a farmer's market and marvels at all the food just sitting there available. No one walks into a Barnes & Nobles and marvels at all the books and thinks how great for democracy, for thought and ideas, this is.

I guess I could go on, but you get my point.