The American Poster Family For Today s Society - 1072 Words

Imagine a small, personal office, a designer coffee on the desk. From the look of room, its’ owner has a good life. Maybe they haven’t always, but certainly now. The office is in a nice house, in a quiet neighborhood. Two cars in the garage and company van in the driveway. A walk down the hall reveals snapshots into a happy family life. A loving couple on their wedding day, the smiling faces of their five children as they throw the rice. More photos line the walls; school concerts, candid moments and family dinners. A beautiful blended unit, the American poster family for today’s society. By all accounts, they are significantly better off than the majority of humanity. The contrast of this circumstance to so many others is stark. There is†¦show more content†¦Apathy. A lack of emotional interest, for our purposes, for other human beings. How have we become a race of unfeeling automatons? Have we evolved, or rather conversely, devolved, into a species with no compassion? What triggers this indifference to the plights of individuals not in our own inner sanctums? We feel for ourselves, our families, our friends, don’t we? Wait, DO WE?! The answer may be a surprise if we delve past the surface response. Why has this happened? That is the real question that should be asked. The primary culprit in this phenomenon is not what one would think. It is all around us, and an integral part of our lives and our society: Technology. Technology feeds us boundless tidbits of information. We are ceaselessly bombarded with all manner of data, predominantly negative, and coming at us from all sides. War, sex, violence, politics, religion. These polarizing topics are virtually thrust down our throats and into our ears, live, in color, and twenty-four hours a day. We eat, work, and sleep with them. They are our constant