Sharing:

With increasing use of technology in the modern world, we share more and more about our lives everyday. The sense of sharing has become increasingly popular, and we find ourselves in a society where we must share the daily happenings of our lives. We also find ourselves in situations in which companies are able to take this information and analyze it for an optimal virtual experience. We have seen a shift in this idea of what and when it is acceptable to share in society. While there were no easy access, social media platforms in earlier years to share information, it was as not as popular to find “everyday folk” sharing their feelings in life or their accomplishments. As the entertainment industry began to grow with incorporation of up-to-date technology, we began to see a shift in what and how we share. It is a basic understanding, now, that we will see people sharing their life story very easily to the rest of the world. Yet, compared to earlier years this was not as popular to occur.

Presidential Importance:

Sitting in my American Politics class, my professor highlighted something very interesting. He mentioned that when the United States was taking its first steps as a country, it was not popular to run for president. In fact, nobody really wanted to be president in the late 1700s. It was deemed more popular and acceptable to run for legislative seats because it was the belief that they would hold the greatest prominence in society. If we compare these ideologies to today, we find a stark shift. Nowadays, It is usually hard to discuss politics or government in the United States without some mention of the president. We have accepted that there has been a shift in whom we believe to hold greater power. The intentions of the Founding Fathers was to see the legislative body as yielding greater power, but this belief has shifted to one where we believe the president to be the strongest face of the American body. It seems to have become easier find the power in one person rather than a whole body.