The Past Vs. Future

Where is the future taking us? As we near the half point of 2010 a year that feels like it has just began, i start to wonder where is the future going as technology grows quickly and the past becomes history even quicker. In present day so much technology has already made major impacts on our society, do you ever wonder if it will come to an end? Well i don't believe so. I believe that as technology grows society changes and as society changes we gain knowledge. The more knowledge we gain as humans i believe the further we will get to finding a cure for diseases and life threatening illnesses such as Cancer, Aids, and Diabetes. It is not that big of a task to accomplish if you think about it and take a look at the past and compare it to the future i believe one day (if i get the honor to do so) society will look at present day life threatening illnesses as nothing more than the common cold. In history the Flu killed many people and many people thought it would never be cured, now in days you walk into your closest Walgreens or CVS and gran a medicine of the shelves and before you know it your running laps around Hialeah. Another good topic to think of when thinking of the future is how social networking sites will change the future. Back in time when there was no internet the most you had was a hand written letter delivered or a simple landline phone call, no E-mails and no Facebook oh yeah and no Blogger either. I think that this makes a major impact on society how do we maintain relationships making it so easy to stay virtually connected. Many face to face conversations are lost and many interactions of the past are nothing but history. As Facebook over takes the internet i fear for the loss of sharing a cup of coffee with my best friend (in person). I think we should all think about this.