I have always thought of the United States being the biggest and most powerful country in the world. We have amazing universities that send remarkable people into the world of business, teaching, advertising, and more. Some of the best made vehicles have been produced here. Famous people such as Frank Sinatra, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Jordan are all well known when people think of the United States. But this thought of the United States is disappearing. Why? Why is the United States being out run by its neighboring countries such as China and India? I think it is because of the technology used in today's society. In 1947 the start of the cellular phone was started. Now look where it has gone. In 1981 the laptop was invented. Now it seems like each household has at least one. But the United States is going nowhere with this technology. It seems like they have reached a point of satisfaction, and have stopped and the rest of the world keeps producing more and more ways of making life easier through technology.If you were to ask someone from a neighboring country that was your age to name one person or thing that comes from the United States what do you think they would say? They probably would not say Frank Sinatra or Neil Armstrong, but replace those names with Britney Spears or Paris Hilton. They might even bring up the issue of automobiles going bankrupt.
But these issues are just half of what the United States is being looked upon as. The other half is technology. People and inventors have met their limit and try not to go any further on keeping up with the neighboring countries. It will only be a matter of time that the United States will be towards the bottom of the food chain and countries such as China and India will be thriving in industrial technology. We as a country still have a chance. We need to get it into everyone's head that in order to survive and compete with the rest of the world, we also need to step up and bring to the table our technological ideas, and it all starts now and with the new generation.
Megan, you make strong arguments about what you have posted. One issue that the book misses is, How did this kind of thing happen? Once we address this out of many other problems, I think that we (as a country) can make our way out of this problem. The other major problem we have as a society is that we have to be able to survive on one income in a family and not depend on eking out a living with two. Only then and only then can make the advances to begin to get back to the top economically.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this argument that we need to step up on our technology. After watching the what is web 2.0 video, it is surprising to see that India and China had more college graduates in 2006 than in the U.S. It was almost double. I could not get this out of my mind, because I had no idea that this was the case. We think of the United States being the super power of the world, but someday we might not be if we dont wake up and see that we need to change our minds as to how we think and how we create, the idea of the "right Brain," but also be on top technologically.
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