When I think about the video, Rhymes of History, (Dr. Thornburg, 2014) and how societal patterns can be created anew in present technology, there is an emerging technology that I think succinctly fits as an example.  Social media is a rhyme of history rekindling past days of sitting around the campfire. My 103-year-old grandmother explained to me that when she was young, at the end of the day, as the cool of the night set in, the family would gather around and tell stories.  While nowadays people seem glued to their phones, I must ask, are we really less social?  Or are we more social than ever before?

I could link any of probably a thousand social media sites to serve as an example to demonstrate my point.  I picked one which happened to focus on the theme of hearing through social media in the same manner as in the old campfire days, where people sat around to listen to a tale of what others thought:  https://www.thepinnaclesolutions.com/solutions/campfire/

References

Laureate Education (Producer). (2014). David Thornburg: Rhymes of History [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.