Today’s Culture Is Changing Rapidly.  Is That Good or Bad?

It’s the birthday of W.S. Gilbert (pictured), who, with musical partner Sullivan, wrote some wonderful comic operas of the late 19th Century, including H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), The Pirates of Penzance (1879), and The Mikado (1885).

I bring this up to show how greatly our society has changed (fallen?).  To gauge this, I ask you listen to my very favorite piece of theirs, and ask yourself how this would be regarded by our pop culture today.

Not only have we changed in so many important ways, but the rate of change continues to increase; more of our world has changed in the last 10 years than it had in the previous 50. It’s scary stuff, insofar as it appears that our civilization is in chaos, spinning wildly out of control.  But perhaps this is part of a progression towards higher goals, like a sustainable approach to life on this planet.  Could be.