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A Checklist for the Culturally Insecure

by Maurice Fitznuggly, Culture StudiesEditor


Really new eras are always such a challenge. Think what a mess life was in Renaissance Italy (the Medicis, Machiavelli, a bunch of wild and crazy Popes, etc.) even as the citizenry basked in the revelations of Michelangelo, da Vinci, Galileo et al.

Now we find our far more enlightened selves in a similar fix as the new millennium unfolds marvel after marvel for our delectation. No sooner have we acquired one gadget than here comes another, smaller, cuter, and a whole lot faster. No sooner have we become comfortable with a hundred video channels than here come another hundred.

How well are you coping with this bright new age? Could it be that some of your unhappiness comes from the fact that you are—God forbid—still actually living in the totally defunct 20th century?

Try our checklist which, we guarantee, will help you find your way toward a future of total and rewarding cultural adjustment. Spot your weaknesses NOW so that you can begin working on them before they cause irreparable harm to you social and economic well-being in the 21st century.

The test has seven parts:

                          I. Media.
                          II. Drugs.
                          III. Cyber Stuff.
                          IV. Transportation.
                          V. Culture & Politics.
                          VI. Miscellaneous.
                          Interpretation of Your Score.

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