2016 continues to be an unusual year. Recycling has extended to television shows such as The X-Files. Mattel, after 57 years of producing an iconic yet laughably proportioned female body type for Barbie, decides to release 3 realistic ones. And General Mills’ stalwart Cheerios cereal has succumbed to pressure joining the gluten-free bandwagon. To the outside observer, these developments seem reactionary and frankly, quite trivial in scope. Yet I see it as glaring microcosm of a growing cultural shift. Namely, the internet shaping society rather than organic human interaction.
X-Files, Barbie and a Gluten-Free Cheerios