Sunday, October 18, 2009

Do you think Americans today are more isolated due to technology?

Do you think Americans today are more isolated due to technology? Explain why or why not, and whether you think this issue is something we should be concerned about now or in the future.

Since industrialization made a line between home and work, I think there are two different approaches for this analysis.
Nowadays Americans are more isolated in their personal relationships. When we look at the statistics, the number of single and divorced people has been increasing because people are more isolated today. It is not easy for them to be in a Dyad because they have a lot of personal goals and issues that are not easy to match with another person’s. If we look at that issue more closely, it is mostly worsened by technology. Owning brand new stuff with the latest technology is part of these personal goals that takes a person far from loved ones and from sharing his/her life with them. Internet can connect people across the world on a daily basis but at the same time people living under one roof are busy with their own computers, talking to others and not even paying attention to their partner next to them. Broadcasting technology sometimes distracts people too much as well. Some internet networks like E-Harmony try to help match people but this tool and similar tools do not seem to be working very well. In my opinion, they don’t work perfectly because they can not know what an actual human soul needs in order to find a soul mate. The concern is there is not enough training during childhood and teen ages to help people to know their own intimacy needs so they can find a partner to satisfy their soul needs without technology.
On the other side people are very group and team oriented in society. People in a work environment now can build a rocket and send it to the moon because of great teamwork. Human beings have had great inventions during the past few decades just because of the better understanding of teamwork and team environment they have. People have been drawn to social groups such as Facebook and sub-groups that have been created in the Facebook virtual world, groups that are fans of music bands, demonstrations for human rights, and all kinds of different protests or walks to support cancer and other charitable research. Humankind has had “Great progress” through teamwork to make a lot of things better in this world.

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