03-21-2020, 04:55 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-21-2020, 06:58 AM by Blazkovitz.)
I am Bill the Piper, but I lost my password and e-mail needed to login, so I created a new account. Anyway, this is the username I use elsewhere on the Net.
Politics 4/10
A large number of countries became democracies, especially in Europe and South America. Bolshevism was eliminated from the global political scene and discredited intellectually. Two reasons to rejoice. Otherwise, the saeculum was quite disappointing. Democracy did not progress, we are still doing 18th century politics rather than switch to something more advanced like liquid democracy. Reagan and Thatcher reversed the economic progress of the last saeculum. Even more worrisome is the growth of identity politics, both on the right and the left.
In the last saeculum there was strong interest in global unity. Anationalism and cosmopolitanism were hot topics among the Missionary generation. The UN was meant as a means to further this end, but it soon become a shiftless bureaucracy with no moral clarity. The 1950s and 1960s saw an explosion of nationalism in Africa and the Middle East, and the 2010s saw the same thing happening in the West. Overall I think there is less cosmopolitan sentiment in today's politics than during the previous cycle.
Culture 2/10
This was a very bad saeculum for culture. I'm afraid this cycle was mostly about popularising casual sex, drugs, junk food, rampant nudity and everyday use of vulgar language. It gave us some exciting entertainment, but I think very little will be remembered in 2100. Personally I would save Star Trek, Rocky movies and Tolkien's mythology, as well as classic rock music from the 1980s. Rap, heavy metal and techno need to die!
Racial prejudice and sexism lost moral acceptance, and I don't need to convince anyone it's a good thing.
Technology 7/10
Here I have some kind words for the Millennial Saeculum. It failed to produce a breakthrough comparable to what Isaac Newton or Albert Einstein have done, but few eras experience one. Practical application of principles discovered the previous cycle allowed enormous progress in computing. Everyone can afford a pocket computer, known as a smart phone. Space related tech also started very well, and the landing on the Moon was a success that will be remembered forever. Unfortunately spaceflight came to a halt in the 1970s. By 2020 we should have first colonies on Mars.
Politics 4/10
A large number of countries became democracies, especially in Europe and South America. Bolshevism was eliminated from the global political scene and discredited intellectually. Two reasons to rejoice. Otherwise, the saeculum was quite disappointing. Democracy did not progress, we are still doing 18th century politics rather than switch to something more advanced like liquid democracy. Reagan and Thatcher reversed the economic progress of the last saeculum. Even more worrisome is the growth of identity politics, both on the right and the left.
In the last saeculum there was strong interest in global unity. Anationalism and cosmopolitanism were hot topics among the Missionary generation. The UN was meant as a means to further this end, but it soon become a shiftless bureaucracy with no moral clarity. The 1950s and 1960s saw an explosion of nationalism in Africa and the Middle East, and the 2010s saw the same thing happening in the West. Overall I think there is less cosmopolitan sentiment in today's politics than during the previous cycle.
Culture 2/10
This was a very bad saeculum for culture. I'm afraid this cycle was mostly about popularising casual sex, drugs, junk food, rampant nudity and everyday use of vulgar language. It gave us some exciting entertainment, but I think very little will be remembered in 2100. Personally I would save Star Trek, Rocky movies and Tolkien's mythology, as well as classic rock music from the 1980s. Rap, heavy metal and techno need to die!
Racial prejudice and sexism lost moral acceptance, and I don't need to convince anyone it's a good thing.
Technology 7/10
Here I have some kind words for the Millennial Saeculum. It failed to produce a breakthrough comparable to what Isaac Newton or Albert Einstein have done, but few eras experience one. Practical application of principles discovered the previous cycle allowed enormous progress in computing. Everyone can afford a pocket computer, known as a smart phone. Space related tech also started very well, and the landing on the Moon was a success that will be remembered forever. Unfortunately spaceflight came to a halt in the 1970s. By 2020 we should have first colonies on Mars.
