Ever since my thoughts turned to modern symbology, I've been thinking about other ways that our world may differ from the "old world" of pre-industrial times. The main differential of course, is human over-population. Someone who is 90 years old has seen the effects of the world's human family growing from 1.8 billion to 6.3 billion. What does this mean to our shared culture? Is it possible that the stories and symbols and archetypes that developed for small agrarian groups are no longer meaningful to a densely packed mob of city dwellers? How long will it take before Shakespearean plays, for example, are not relevant?

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