Posted on 11/02/2018 3:56:33 PM PDT by MNDude
Socially, as others have noted, the cosmically profound changes of the 1960s that continued as the teens and young adults of that time advanced to positions of power and influence in the 1970s and 1980s I think are even more significant than what we say today ... but I think this will change as the rate of social upheaval increases.
My Dad (1908 to 1980) used to say he had lived in a very interesting time period.
From the first flight by the Wright Brothers to men on the moon.
Agreed, and I would even say that the technological changes are part of what is driving the changes in people.
Fixed lot of bikes too/ I remember the 10 speeds with Italian made gears and derailleurs. Then the Japanese came in and took over, over night.
You don’t pay much attention when you are a kid but I think in the past 100+ years we have developed a system that has given us the time and resources to gain knowledge.
We no longer have to concentrate on basis survival (Food and shelter)
Knowledge is exponential.
I was born in 1958 so I’m not quite an old timer but my father was born in 1908 and the changes he witnessed boggle the mind. He lived to be 89.
Antibiotics, Anesthesia, Airplanes, Jets, Rockets, Air-conditioning, Automobiles, Asphalt, (Yes, some of this was invented earlier but they came into widespread use in his lifetime)
Electricity, Movies, Radios, TV, Plastic, Insulin, Vaccines, Refrigerators, Frozen foods, Nuclear Power, SCUBA, Hearing aids, Robots, Many types of surgeries from cataracts to hips, knees and hearts. Dialysis and birth control. My dad wore the Coke bottle lenses. Now we can eliminate contacts if we are willing to have a 15 minute operation.
Copiers to computers to cell phones and now, computers as cell phones. And people take it for granted! They get mad at Verizon when a storm makes getting a text uncertain!
Remarkable what a little over 100 years has brought!
Do you believe the world, culture, and Technology has changed more from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s or has it changed more from the mid-1980s to the mid 2010?
Being born in 1953, I think I'm qualified to opine on this question.
In my view, the world changed in structural ways a lot more from the mid 50s to the mid 80s, than it did from the mid 80s to 2010.
Of course, a very good argument could be made for the opposite view, but that would mostly be based upon technological advancements.
Your question is a good one. A person could write an entire thesis answering it.
1950’s ro 1980’s. Why? Civilian spin-offs from the space program.
Born this month in 1950, personally I believe I’ve seen the most changes since the early 70’s or say 1980.
In my humble opinion (notice that I spelled it out...) the “world” made a cataclysmic change in behavior from the 50’s to the mid-60’s.
Patriotism, common decency (we NEVER would have uttered the F word outside our small circle of friends who actually didn’t know exactly how to pronounce it) and tolerance of opposing opinions were expected... no, demanded by the majority of Americans.
My psychology profs lectured extensively on the “old oaken bucket” syndrome that wistfully wished for past social constructs to return. But I propose that Tom Sawyer’s behavior is more desirable than that of ANTI-FA and MS 13.
We elders are not blind to the predjudices and and Inequitable conditions that existed. We did,however, better understand reasonable ways to”change society”.
We failed when we allowed the Socialists (led by Alinsky) to capture tthe education establishment. As Lenin famously said, “Take control of the schools first”.
After the mid-60’s, it gradually degraded to today.
I wish all of of you who are rearing children today good luck. As a student of history, I fear for them the society they must endure.
70 here.
Computers were the biggest change in life .... mine and everyone else’s.
‘61 to Present
1980s to 2010 digital is changing everything. But the Flux capacitor already resisted at the end of the 50s. It is also known as a rotary capacity.
In 1956 I was 11 years old and living 5 blocks north of the southern city limits of Seattle. The neighborhood gang camped in the woods by the railroad tracks where I-5 runs today. We went on “beer bottle hikes” picking up bottles for the deposits (3c, 5c, 10c)around Boeing Field and along Highway 99. We went picking beans in August. We rode the city buses downtown and went to the movies. We were only expected to be home for dinner.
You know what I miss most? I’d love to have a 50-51 Chevy four door, or a step-down Hudson. I am partial to four doors, can’t say why. I just don’t have the skill, time or money to restore one of those. I can’t even say why I miss them so. Weird, huh?
Electricity was the big one. The vacuum tube made computers, TVs etc. possible. Next came the transistor then the one which is in just about everything today, the microchip.
Still, electricity was necessary for the rest to exist.
Do you remember when people would stand on the running boards for a short trip?
I was not around in the 50’s but I believe that the really creepy changes started in the 90’s as digital technology and miniaturization really took hold. This made Big brother the real deal. It also made weapons technology far more deadly and targeted. Every field has been greatly impacted by computers. Do you want to mess with Gene’s? Do you want to mess with bio? Do you want to keep track of every detail of a persons life. Do you want to brainwash the population? Now we are well on the way to some serious AI and the “terminator” becoming real to life. All while the world is becoming so PC.
Many people think these advances in technology are somehow good for mankind. Some of them maybe are. Medical advancements are numerous.
But I would trade it all to go back to earlier days. The world was actually a far better place to be in the 50’s. You need not lock your doors. You could leave you keys in the ignition. A child could walk around the neighborhood unsupervised and be fairly safe. Everyone talked to one another- Did things together. Your neighbors all knew you.
Mankind is definitely not gaining anything that matters. They are losing it all.
1957 -1975 Thanks to the Space Program everything else evolved.
These people blossomed before the dumb-downing of education
coupled with social collectivism brainwashing was coerced upon us.
And from 1980 onwards we’ve gone from putting men on the moon to Democrats putting men in the women’s restroom.
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