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> the peak of your civilization The more I think of it, the more I think this time was the actual peak of civilization (from a westerner's point of view). The
by skywal_l 3y ago
> the peak of your civilization
The more I think of it, the more I think this time was the actual peak of civilization (from a westerner's point of view). The Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Nagano in 98, when the world was singing the Ode to Joy was that peak moment for me [0]. After that, it went all downhill.
[0] https://youtu.be/7aGNei01fzQ?feature=shared&t=6290 https://youtu.be/7aGNei01fzQ?feature=shared&t=6290
- pstuart 3y agoPerhaps a bit earlier, in 1971 where we all could drink Coke in harmony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2msbfN81Gm0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2msbfN81Gm0
- high_priest 3y agoSo many posts mention years '98 & '99 as the "peak of civilisation". Them being years of my birth, these mentions & my experiences, enforce in me the feeling that I was born into a falling civilisation. Not that I do not enjoy the vision of passing the stick from organic creatures, made by happenstance, to purpose built machines. But as a human, I do miss the endless opportunities of the 2000s chaos and I feel like they were better times than todays monitored, calculated, cold life under cameras & microphones.
- jprete 3y agoAfter at least 25 years exposed to various civilizational cycle and "Fall of Western Civilization" memes, I still don't know whether it's bullshit or not. And I'm regrettably far enough from Gen Z that it's hard to judge how they're doing. All we can do is to try our best within the time we're allotted.
- satvikpendem 3y agoRecency bias. You were alive then and likely those were your formative years. If you were a Gen Z-er, you'd think that the "actual peak" were very different.
- abracadaniel 3y agoPreviously, the “good old days” were the 1950’s before it all went “downhill”. I’m sure the 1890’s were someone’s golden age before electricity ruined everything.
- satvikpendem 3y agoThere's a good skit about this: https://youtu.be/hc6VP7Qp-Y8 https://youtu.be/hc6VP7Qp-Y8
- mixmastamyk 3y agoLa Belle Époque… someone needs to see Midnight in Paris. ;-)
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- jj999 3y agoFor a very long time I thought the peak moment was 2001-09-11, an instant before the first plane touched the first tower. Edit: date
- paulryanrogers 3y agoDid you mean 2001-09-11?
- jj999 3y agoyes.