Election 2020

[David Horn]

(12-29-2020, 12:06 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: Going back to calling the Renaissance "modern," is a mark of the decline in historical awareness and awareness of the new trends that has happened in the recent regressive years. The 21st century so far is a giant ZERO in every way.

But progress may now start to return, redesigned from the previous era of earth-conquest.

This is a great point.  Yes, the Renaissance and Enlightenment, and all that flowed from them, certainly set the stage for modernity, but neither is a true precursor.  At best, those earlier flashes of brilliance made the acceptance of new ideas palatable.  After all, prior eras were much more dogmatic in tone, and less open to exception.  Now, change is assumed, to the point that "breaking things" is actually considered a net positive.   But, as we've seen, "breaking things" only produces social entropy, and that's about run its course.  We may be ready for a true crisis response ... finally!