I thought I’d have accomplished a lot more today and also before I was 35 (2020)

Re:I thought I’d have accomplished a lot more today and also... by JKCalhoun on Thursday April 07, 2022 @07:42AM (#30943188)

It's true that the pace of change appears to have accelerated.

I grew up under the threat that the USSR would nuke the U.S. and 70's culture was beginning to wake up to problems of oil shortages (embargoes), over-population, pollution. I am not sure I perceived the world as a stable, predictable thing even then.

But the Boomers had the rug pulled out from under them when the Summer of Love rolled in and suddenly the gender roles and marriage contracts of their parents generation "Ozzie and Harriet" lifestyle were shattered. Women entered the workplace, the decline of the blue-collar living wage, automation...

And I suppose the generation before began with the Great Depression followed up by the rise of fascism and WWII...

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Re:I thought I’d have accomplished a lot more today and also... by Derelicts on Thursday April 07, 2022 @07:49AM (#30943237)

I agree with all this. Times are changing and its happening so fast that not everyone can catch up. All the problems we had in the 70's did not get fully resolved, but seem to be getting worse, just look at global warming or oil and gas prices jumping sky high. Not to mention housing prices.

Will see where the world goes in the next decade.. I sure hope it gets better.

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