You're right in that there is a convergence happening across everything, and I think it's a product of the increased pace of communication facilitated by the in

You're right in that there is a convergence happening across everything, and I think it's a product of the increased pace of communication facilitated by the internet. Whether this impending mono-culture is "better" or "worse" is really just a matter of values. Engineers, who evaluate things on how well they perform, might see the convergence as a good thing - the proliferation of winning designs. Designers and artists who see creation as having its own intrinsic value and variety being the spice of life will lament the trend.