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The value of life has dropped incredibly over the last decade. Depression is at an all time high, children barely play outside anymore, and very little people appreciate the precious gift of life. The new millenium brought forth a whole different world with it. The internet began to very quickly advance and promote itself into a basic necessity in most American homes. You can practically do anything online. You can pay your bills, send e-mails, order flowers, watch movies, buy music and communicate with anyone in the world in an instant. It sounds like the most convenient thing mankind has ever invented. I was only a child when the internet was starting to become popular. America Online still dominated the online world and you'd still hear the despised dial tone before you connected to millions of people around the world. Back then, the internet still seemed very limited and the number of things you can do online was minimal. The most popular thing back in the 90's was probably chat and e-mail. Chat and e-mail has evolved to an unbelievable extent in the last decade. As soon as broadband and DSL hit the waves, the internet kicked into full gear and started to transform faster and more beautifully than a Michael Bay Transformer. Personally, I use the internet all the time. I go on Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube almost everyday, several times a day. Ever since I was a child, technology always appealed to me. Whether it be a new television or a new cell-phone, I was always the one messing around with it until I knew it inside-out. Ever since the Super Nintendo and the Sega Genesis, I've been dedicated to the video game world. Not only do I enjoy playing video games, but I've always liked learning about all the minor details and the technicalities that make each video game so unique and powerful in it's own way. When it comes to technology, the one thing I always want to know is simple; what's next? Technology is advancing at an incredible speed and their is always something being released on the market that captures people's attention. When the iPhone was released, it sold out almost immediately because it was a new concept that Apple mastered. I want to know what the next ten years in technology is going to like and what the biggest changes to our everyday products will be.