At the risk of sounding like an old person, im gonna say something about "the olden days". Looking at the youngER folk, its hard to imagine exactly how different things must be. The internet was something i'd never heard of till maybe year 8 or 9, and mass communication devices like ICQ and email weren't as widespread as they are now. What are the social implications of increased communication at the expense of face to face relationships? Is it a worthwhile distinction to make... is it only in a relatively repressed asian culture that i can make this observation? I dunno.
On one hand it's good i reckon, the increase in communication. You can make more friends, you can chat to them more often... organising stuff is easier... and you're protected by the blanket of anonimity if stuff goes awry. But what if this rapid interchangeability leads to lack of committment... transitivity? Why should we be committed to a friendship if it's too hard... i can always find another friend on one of thousands of interest-chatrooms. From a Christian perspective this is obviously wrong, self-centred instead of God-centred. But to what extent are we still influenced by it. What trends or fads are prevalent in Christian culture that are mirrored in mainstream acceptability.
One example that puzzled me was the ESV Bible phenomenon. Suddenly it was the preferred translation and the NIV just wasnt good enough. Although most of the joking was light-hearted... it was funny because there was some underlying "truth" about it.. right? I feel a bit funny using my NIV now 'cause "its not as good as the ESV". Transitivity, change. Maybe its a good thing.
Im still trying to figure out where its going to go. Is it for "better" or for "worse". I think we tend to idealise our past... it probably wasnt as clean and nice as i remember it.