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Think of the jumps forward made in the 20th Century.
Flight, splitting the atom, landing on the f**king moon. Genuinely great things for us as a species.
The last 20 years we just seem to be making shiny things we can take pictures of each other with. And pictures of ourselves. Lots and lots of them.
Oh and if anyone tries to claim the internet as a Great Leap Forward from the last 20 years.......just don't alright. :bow:
is pretty rocky, even if it has a slow upward climb.
we're due another middle ages soon.
We are already there Zim :-(
going to do a top ten list of footballers with big noses.
than a technological one. Identity politics, lack of interest in economic growth, collapse of support for the main political parties, etc.
When the only competing ideological vision around to a plodding, stagnant and managerial capitalism seems to be a medieval theocracy, we must be in a bit of a rut.
The smell emanating from my teenagers' bedrooms appears to confirm this.Still, plus ça change and a' that.