In the middle of the article, author Sandy Hingston describes the current situation by saying, “It signals a catastrophic shift in the way we think about our bodies and ourselves. (2). The word cataclysm gives the description of something bad, unpleasant or violent; so he is implying that the way society is changing is in a negative way. He also uses the word “debris” in an example he gives. “Detritus” would describe the pieces that remain when something breaks. He uses this word in the middle of the article and I think he uses it to add to his idea that we don't honor the dead like we used to by visiting cemeteries and things like that. It passed just like any old forgotten area on the road. He points out that we are so dependent on new technologies that we forget some of the old core technologies