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Know that the world has been changing fast for millennia long before you and will continue to change for millenia long after you’re gone. And know that while it may seem that you’re only here to witness it, if you’re lucky, you’ll be amongst the few that have changed how it is for all those that follow.
The world has never changed faster in all of human history. Even the Industrial Revolution wasn't so fast. At 55 I'm stunned by how much different the world is from my youth.
I've often wondered if I could remember how to navigate the 1980s if I went back in a time machine. It would be wildly frustrating! I've also thought a lot about dad who died in that decade. I cannot imagine explaining the current world to him.
Counterpoint:
Didnt humans "pretty much live the same lives" for like hundreds of years before the industrial revolution? As in terms of if you put someone in 1500 CE to 1000 CE or 500 CE and like swap their places, they could 99% fit right in (provided you magically also acomodate for sound shifts in language throught the centuries), I mean in the technological sense, like maybe rulers change and culture is slightly evolved/devolved, but its fundamentally the same thing.
Its really around the 21 century that had a "turning point", where info isnt something passively passed to you, but something you could actively seek out on your own. A little adventure with just a network connected screen device.
There have been major tech & lifestyle shifts that happened throughout sapiens history, and the order is roughly:
And you know the rest. All of it happening faster & faster, with very little brakes and very little regard for wiser heads.