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in the late 20th century, the 2000s always felt like it was going to be "the future"! Like we were on the cusp of Star Trek and 2001: A Space Odyssey!
Turns out it's almost twenty years in and it feels like we've never left the 90s! Oh we have a few extra gadgets, we've shrunk the computer down to a hand-held phone and we have auto-tune to help non-singers sing......but never did I think we were going to be culturally treading water for 17 years!
Of course, in the EARLY 20th century, there was lots of new gadgets and inventions (phonograph and moving pictures) that people were enjoying, but culturally they were looking back (fondly) at the Victorian Era, and creating a nostalgia for "the old south" (whitewashed, of course!). The seeds to the 20th century were there, but the first 20 years were still very much tied to the previous century.
So maybe that's it. Maybe we just have to die off!
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What did YOU think the 21st Century was going to be like? Flying cars? World peace? Hotels on the moon? Ticklish fembots?
Turns out it's almost twenty years in and it feels like we've never left the 90s! Oh we have a few extra gadgets, we've shrunk the computer down to a hand-held phone and we have auto-tune to help non-singers sing......but never did I think we were going to be culturally treading water for 17 years!
Of course, in the EARLY 20th century, there was lots of new gadgets and inventions (phonograph and moving pictures) that people were enjoying, but culturally they were looking back (fondly) at the Victorian Era, and creating a nostalgia for "the old south" (whitewashed, of course!). The seeds to the 20th century were there, but the first 20 years were still very much tied to the previous century.
So maybe that's it. Maybe we just have to die off!
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What did YOU think the 21st Century was going to be like? Flying cars? World peace? Hotels on the moon? Ticklish fembots?