Yours was the decade of low-rise jeans, flip phones, and the start of the social media revolution. Your memories may have been set to Coldplay, Beyoncé, or Eminem, while favorites like Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring filled movie theaters. Cargo pants, digital cameras, and instant messaging shaped the rhythm of your days. As astronauts from around the world collaborated aboard the International Space Station and innovations like the iPhone placed the world in your pocket, global connection became part of everyday life.