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Is it just me or is the 21st century....rather boring?
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(04-28-2020, 05:29 PM)sbarrera Wrote:
(04-28-2020, 05:07 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:
(04-28-2020, 03:57 PM)sbarrera Wrote: And 1870-1940 saw more technological change than any other era in human history, including our own.

To me, 1870-1940 seems to have seen more technological change than 1950-2020.

My 11 year old daughter might disagree:  to her, the difference between a horse drawn carriage and an automobile may seem smaller than the difference between a wireline phone that could only carry voice and a modern smartphone.

An interesting thought. But consider, in 1870-

no telephone at all
no electrification
no refrigeration
no airplanes
no air conditioning
no antibtiotics

Imagine the world of difference for someone born in 1860 who dies in 1940.

My grandmother, who died in the 1970s, was fond of saying she grew up with the horse and buggy, and lived to see man on the moon.
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.
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RE: Is it just me or is the 21st century....rather boring? - by Bob Butler 54 - 04-28-2020, 06:08 PM

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