Nina Phillips
AIU Online
Unit 4 Discussion Board
December 4, 2014
SSCI210-1405A-06

Social and Economical life in the United States in the next ten years Life in the United States has already changed drastically with the advancement of technology. Think about the last time you went into a bank to deposit a check. You waited in line, filled out manually a deposit slip, gave it to the teller and waited for it to ‘clear’ before the balance was available to your account. That was just about five years ago. Today, we log onto the website of the bank from our own home, snap a picture of the check with our smart phone, and upload for instant clearing. Now think about the social aspect of that. There is no more human interaction. We no longer communicate with the banker directly. Americans have made great advancements in technology, medical, and intellectual but does it come at a cost? I remember getting home from school and going outside to play. Today, my kids are tied to their friends via social media and text messaging. Consumer reports shows 7.5 million American kids under the age of 13 joined facebook, a social networking site that connects people (Clinton, 2012). It is my opinion, this is dramatically changing our culture and I am not sure how much more the next ten years can take before we become socially inept. Sociologists will also need to change to keep up with the study of culture. Now that technology has advanced, people are less likely to be set into categories for study. Let me share an example that comes to mind. Culturally people used have parades to celebrate life and heritage, to learn about other people. Now, they use Google. Social interaction is becoming a lost art. It is much easier to send someone a facebook message and wish them well, then to stop by with some chicken noodle soup. No one wants to be