Technology, the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, is the basis used to define you or your societies status in the world. For instance, a society with basic technology such as the indigenous tribes of Africa or South America is considered primitive while society with the newest technology such as the US, UK or Japan is considered advanced, modern. Also technology not only divides whole societies accordingly but also its individual members. In modern society the higher you are on the social ladder the more technology you have. In example the US. Superstars have every luxury and accommodation of the most current technology, custom cars and planes. The newest and largest homes and the most advanced entertainment centers, while the middle-working class has the mass produced streamline technology, Factory assembly-line cars and medium sized homes.