As we live in the modern twenty first century, technology has never been at its greatest height until our present time. There are so many technology aspects that keep most people indoors such as a television, XBOX, iPhones, laptops (etc.) that make people stray from the original entertainment, nature. We adapt so much to technology, we begin to neglect nature which was what individuals were dependent upon a majority amount of the time, other than the few twenty years of technological advancements. Yet, also with the development of technology developed social strains and expectations. Technology is not cheap, which rolls in the concept of fulfilling society standards based upon wealth. People focus so much on purchasing these techs and living up to standards of our modern society, making it harder than ever to live out the tenets of transcendentalism. 

Living a transcendental life within our modern day society is a challenging aspect. It’s challenging due to the significant jump with technological advancements and standards of society. People feel the need to conform to these standards and keep up to date with the latest tech, that they fail to recall what life was before all these things. Before all these standards and technology, for the most part American civilization was based upon nature, and appreciated nature much more than current modern times.