Technology's Negative Impact On The American Dream

In today's world, the American Dream is affected by a lot of things. The one thing that affects the American Dream the most currently is technology. Technology has been around for a while now and about 5.16 billion people around the world are in use of technology. There are a lot of positives and negatives when it comes to technology. Technology can negatively impact the American Dream because there are some major factors of technology that come into play with the American Dream and that is social media, mental health, and social interactions.
One of the biggest impacts on the American Dream is social media. Social media negatively impacts people from achieving their goals because it gives people the wrong idea of reality. People try to rush into things because they see

One article states that "73% of heavy social media users report feeling lonely compared to 52% of light social media users" (Clark). This just goes to show how many people are affected by social media and how it impacts their personal lives. Another thing that has a big impact is kids getting cyberbullied. Bullying can make people feel worthless and make people insecure in the future which can lead to people not achieving their American dream because they think they are not good enough. The article informs us that "59% of teens have experienced some type of cyberbullying" (Clark). When teens start to get older this will have a negative impact on their careers because they don't feel confident in themselves and this is all because of social media. However, even if there are a lot of negatives there can be some positives when it comes to social media. For example social media lets people express themselves and in current events, people can create platforms for themselves. One social media app that can help people achieve their