by Kristin Jackman

Created on: June 02, 2009

I'm only 25, yet I feel that the world has changed immensely with respect to technology and its ever-growing advances. Every day it seems as though some new form of communication or music device is created to benefit our demanding need for 'top of the line' and innovation. However great our intentions are, the deepening desires to reign supreme over the technology world have led to the eventual man-made evolution of superior forms of combat artillery and mineral-depleting modes of transportation. Sure, we have our hybrid cars and eco-friendly paints. There are the vegans and the vegetarians who crusade to only consume what's necessary and humane. NATO and other intra-governmental organizations stand strong in an attempt to avoid nuclear devastation. But, truthfully, are we pretending to care about Mother Earth simply to feel better about what we do daily, or are we just afraid of what will ultimately happen should we continue to abuse the things we take for granted?

There was a time, years ago, when cellular phones were for the elite or yuppie greed group of individuals that line the NASDAQ floor every workday. Now, it doesn't even shock us to see 5th graders talking to their friends or family members while waiting for the bus after school, clearly causing social interaction to become more of a fad than a learning process associated with growing up. Computers were once stored in large server rooms, only used by NASA and other government agencies to shoot satellite and rockets into space for exploration purposes. Now, some systems operate on devices as small as a credit card, and have lead to the every-growing, and more often than not uncontrollable, cyber disease of viruses and spyware. Banking was once considered safe and the go-to for people looking to save for retirement, buy a house, or go on vacation. Now, as if in a cruel twist of irony, rarely do we find someone who even has a savings account, and even more rare are those not affected by identity theft or the greed of brokers who have used technology and the consumer's lack of understanding to manipulate their lifelong goals into instant losses and heartache. And even at this very moment, thousands of miles away, on a small patch of land just off the coast of the most populated geographical expanse in the world, a dictator has continued to flex is wavering infatuation with total annihilation by progressively becoming more and more of a war-time threat by shooting off long-range missiles. The fear and

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