Years ago, there was no centralized cold and heat system in most of residential houses across the country. People were use to come out side there house, with a glass of wine in their hand, and sit down on the bench in front of their house and interact with other neighbors. Boom Box was very popular among the youth; one boom box might bring 10 to 15 young men and women together to interact with each other. What happened to all those social interaction? Is it disappeared naturally or just people do not want to interact?
The rapid evolution of technologies has negative and positive impact on American society. The most noticeable negative impact, hypothetically, is isolating the society increase the individualism life. People don’t want to open their door for a long time so the cold air does not go out and the electricity bill does not go up. The Boom box has replaced with a small IPod and plugged in the ears as a sign for “leave me along.” It is not unusual to see the son lives coupe block down the street from the parent and he might send them a text message once a month to just remind them that he still there. Not many years ago there was an article on newspapers about the young girl who was raped and beaten in one of the New York alleys, many residents had heard her voice by no one came out to see what was going on.
However, people are thinking differently and many things might affect the way people think such as; education, experience, and background. Some people think that it is very negative sign and we should concern about it and I don’t think it is big issue, for many reasons. This issue is inevitable because the life trend is required people live like that. If I left my front door is open, my electricity bill goes up, it is better for me to shut it tightly. In the other hand this kind of life style creates challenge for people to be more creative and make more independent decisions away from the pressures of peers.
Today most of us have his digital network of people through “twiter” or “facebook”, but they have the option who should communicate with and who not. Socialization should not be limited in face-to-face meeting only, socialization might be through electronic and it might be more productive. People meet through chat room, to exchange ideas, to create networks, and exchange emotions. Regardless there are some crimes are reported occurred through online interaction, but it should not be considered a big concern because there are crimes in every communities and digital network is just community and has every kind of people in it.
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