This is called the bell curve and is getting faster as time technology increases the speed at which we communicate. Not to be confused with, The Bell Curve, the book, which is another topic entirely.
The bell curve of a technology adoption life cycle is described in Wikipedia as:

The technology adoption lifecycle is a sociological model that describes the adoption or acceptance of a new product or innovation, according to the demographic and psychological characteristics of defined adopter groups. The process of adoption over time is typically illustrated as a classical normal distribution or "bell curve". The model indicates that the first group of people to use a new product is called "innovators," followed by "early adopters". Next come the early majority and late majority, and the last group to eventually adopt a product are called "laggards".

Loved your post. Personally, I have always been an early adopter. What about you? Where do you fit into the bell curve?