Cultral renaissance or cultural divide?

When looking at the 21 first century, it is not all that it was projected to be. When this era was eluded to there were supposed to be flying cars, robot maids and self cleaning houses. Yet when you look around life is pretty much as it always has been since the early 1900's, except when you look at the subtle differences. Most people walking around have Ipods in their ears, they are carrying a laptop, or maybe something as simple as texting while walking to class. All these differences mark a change in a generation, one based around technology and its advantages to the human race. Movies have really moved up in the ranks, creating films with computer graphics, making a once impossible scene, one that is not only entirely possible, but more safe for the actors involved. Television has also made this leap, going from basic cable of maybe six channels to having over six hundred different channels all different varities, whether it is sports, movies or shows, everything is now available. Then there comes the Ipod, a hand held device that allows anyone to put any music they chose on the portable device, also giving them the ability to take it wherever the go. Now many people might look at all these changes and believe that we are eliminating the possibility for smaller, unknown artist to get there talents seen, or heard to the masses. While in reality this cultural renaissance is actually a benefit to many of these types of artists. These artists may have trouble getting their things on the big screen or on the radio, but with the invention and huge boom of the internet anything can be seen or heard. An artist could take their work and post it on youtube.com, making it available to the masses, and even create a following just from the people who viewed it. There could be such a boom about a song or a clip that it could get the attention of bigger buissnesses like Universal or Disney. Which is why I believe that these changes are a cultural renaissance, one that helps the masses and looks bright for the future.