It's not just technical - it's cultural.

The world is becoming culturally globalized and less diverse.

There were about 50 languages spoken in France 100 years ago.

In Nice, many people used to speak 'Nicoise'. In Nice, the old street signs are bilingual: French and Nicoise.

In Monaco they used to speak 'Monegasque'.

Breton in Brittany.

But most of it has given way to French.

The same thing all over the world.

The 'Starbucksization' of the world is happening quickly.

I was in Tunisia a couple of years ago, my father was there in the 1970's. In 1970, people wore those long white 'robe-like' shirts, i.e. North African garb. Today - nobody under 40 wears that, it's all jeans and t-shirts (cheap Chinese knock-offs of popular brands), crazy haircuts (copying footballers). You could take a young Tunisian out of Tunis and plop him down in NYC and he would not stand out. 40 years ago, they would have stood right out.

When I say 'technical' - I mean everything from: politics, law, technology/tools, economics, education, medicine, infrastructure, employment etc. All these areas are being homogenised (or standardised) for progress and it's on a global scale. If you want to read more, there's an old book called "The Technological Society" by Jacques Ellul - it's a sociology book, there are many similar ones but that one sort-of covers the topic the best.