Technology

I think Americans are definitely more isolated due to technology. Technology does open more ways of communication with texting, email, phone calls, beepers, etc... but this also allows people to hide behind all this technology and not actually communicate. Why would we meet someone meet someone face to face to discuss something when you could just text? And with all the things to do on the internet and watch on TV- Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Netflix.... it's easy to just stay in and be by yourself or stick with your same group of friends instead of going outside to hangout or going out to do things. It;s also hard to meet new people when you're staying inside instead of going out. Also, technology seems to rule how we view companies. The companies with more technology are seen as superior. 

I think that while technology has helped America, America should try to step away from it at least in some aspects. Pretty soon technology will rule everything we do, so right now we should try to do some things without technology- such as turning off our phones for a day or taking a break from social networks.