Bowling Alone MIS

In 1998, only 8 percent of all Americans said that "the honesty and integrity of the average American" were improving, as compared with 50 percent of us who thought we were becoming less trustworthy. (Bowling Alone, page 25).

This sentence stuck out to me because in my opinion, it really speaks volumes as to where we are headed as a society in America. Whether or not people are truly becoming less trustworthy is debatable, but in my opinion an issue that is just as big is that people think that we're becoming less trustworthy. It's no wonder why people aren't participating in the community groups and clubs that they used to; nobody trusts each other. Participation rates in things like bowling leagues or book clubs are a great indicator of that.