Difficult Times Ahead? Please Advise..

A. I do see this trend on the rise.  Rather than families caring for the elderly there feels (almost in a hasty way) like a shift of putting them in elder care facilities.  It doesn’t look like future generations put less emphasis on the older intentionally, but society in general is merging to a very “me-centric” form of ideals.  When the older become too much the accepted thing is to put them in a situation where they can keep as much independence as possible while posing the least inconvenience.  As generations age, this puts a huge strain on the government, and it looks like more money gets allocated to the medical portion of funding (for medicare and medicaid) to cover these facilities.  I also see the life expectancy starting a slow decline (due to unaffordable meds and doctors look to be less ambitious of prolonging a life that isn’t showing promise or quality).  In some way the government looks to support the decreased life span (like some sort of newer emerging agenda) in order to balance funding… (??)

Alienation brought on by technology.  Looking back over my long life, I see an ever increasing alienation of the individual from others in society brought on by technology.  It has gotten worse in the last decade.  We no longer are required to deal with one another face to face in daily business or other affairs.  We interact with computers instead of people. Social skills are therefore eroding quickly, which will lead to ever increasing interpersonal conflict.
A.  There is a huge increase of social alienation and I see this trend rising.  The lack of human to human interaction also prevents needed, healthy, energetic connections and the ability to be less effective in the workplace (good leaders understand people, know how to talk and motivate through interactions).  I see people losing verbal communication abilities (not knowing how to talk, maintain eye contact, have “in person” confidence and etiquette) in addition to basic skills of writing (penmanship) and spelling (due to spell check).  I see this trend getting much worse before it gets better, and people will realize that some of the best therapy can be a face to face talk with another person.

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