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I was 10 in 1998. Even though it coincides with exactly what he says, I’d claim those next few years were the end of some threshold of the “before times”. It’s
by travisjungroth 5y ago
I was 10 in 1998. Even though it coincides with exactly what he says, I’d claim those next few years were the end of some threshold of the “before times”. It’s not like I’ll make some vague social argument like “you used to know dinner was on the table”. Global politics changed intensely. Internet and smartphones just exploded, seriously changing the day-to-day lives of so many people. Think about a world where if 100 people knew what you did yesterday you were a celebrity.
- TedDoesntTalk 5y ago> Think about a world where if 100 people knew what you did yesterday you were a celebrity I think you’re off by some orders of magnitude, but I understand the sentiment. I was a lot older in 1998. I can tell you that people have not changed since then even if the technology has (enabling voices to be heard that previously weren’t)
- travisjungroth 5y agoOf course there are exceptions, like non-celebrities are in the news. I mean like if 10,000 people knew where you just had dinner, it’s cause you were in a tabloid.
- wiether 5y agoFunnily I was only 8 but still see 1998 as "peak human history". French people will obviously understand why. After that the next bit thing happened in September three years later. And, yes, it went downward from there.