The whole world is going to hell in a hand basket, and Japan is leading the way.
That is if, like me, you equate hell with the use of cell phones.
Now I think I am a progressive-minded guy. In most cases I cannot resist new gadgetry and my home is a miniature showcase of other high-tech innovations such as a battery-charged nose-hair clipper, a Homer Simpson talking bottle opener and a rubber fish that can sing.