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I think the difference between 2000 and 2020 is already greater than the difference between 1900 and 2000. Smartphones, video conferencing, remote work, social

I think the difference between 2000 and 2020 is already greater than the difference between 1900 and 2000. Smartphones, video conferencing, remote work, social media, are pervasive and consume the majority of most peoples waking lives.

quickthrowman 3y ago
> I think the difference between 2000 and 2020 is already greater than the difference between 1900 and 2000. I vehemently disagree. The invention of air conditioning/refrigeration alone is more impactful than anything released between 2000-2020. Add in aviation, automobiles, telephones, and television and it’s not even close.
- saghm 3y ago
  I think if a person in 2000 woke up one day and 20 years had past, the world would still be pretty recognizable to them, even if some of the objects in it were novel. I'm not sure the same thing could be said about 1900 and 100 years.
  - rayiner 3y ago
    In 1900, almost one out of four kids died before the age of 5 in the U.S. By 2000, it was 9 out of 1,000. In 2020, it was 7 out of 1,000. It was a society where virtually everyone experienced death from a young age. Today, most people don't experience the death of a close family member until well into adulthood.
DataDive 3y ago
That you equate video conferencing and social media with transformative technologies such as applications of electricity, transportation, air travel, computers etc indicate you are caught up in that common fallacy of believing that the times YOU live in must be the most important ever
triceratops 3y ago
You do realize we didn't even have airplanes, antibiotics, or the measles vaccine in 1900, right?