The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press released a survey of opinion on the 2000-2009 decade.   The report was presented under the title:  ‘Current Decade Rates as Worst in 50 Years: Internet. Cell Phones Are Changes for the Better’. http://people-press.org/report/573/#prc-jumpDecember%2021,%202009

Princeton Survey Research Associates International conducted telephone interviews for survey purposes.   The survey included ‘A national sample of 1,504 adults living in the continental United States, 18 years of age or older, from December 9-13, 2009′.  About the Survey - http://people-press.org/report/?pageid=1637

To quote the study:

‘Happy to put the 2000s behind them, most Americans are optimistic that the 2010s will be better. Nearly six-in-ten (59%) say they think the next decade will be better than the last for the country as a whole, though…’

Of special interest to those interested in technology:

‘There are a number of recent changes and trends that are viewed favorably. In particular, the major technological and communications advances are viewed in an overwhelmingly positive light.

Clear majorities see cell phones, the internet and e-mail as changes for the better, and most also view specific changes such as…’

Read the report to learn more - http://people-press.org/report/573/#prc-jumpDecember%2021,%202009