We were talking at dinner tonight about the TV show Mad Men and how it serves as a reminder of how the "good old days" REALLY were. (The G.O.D. being the early 60's).
Every now and then you get our all-American family casually doing something we now find offensive or rude. For example, the Draper family is on an afternoon picnic in the park, they are about to leave, so Don drinks down his can of beer almost to the bottom, then heaves the can into the bushes. Mrs Draper takes the blanket off the ground, shakes it so the wax paper, and wrappers are off it (and on the ground), folds it neatly and carries it into the car.
And that is EXACTLY how it was in the 1960's.
I was there, I am an eye witness.
This small example does not touch on things like the treatment of women, and minorities by those in power (white men). By today's standards, the standard operating procedure of 1960 is unfathomable.
It brought to mind a question: What common behavior do you see in our society now that will likely be just as unbelievable to people in 2060?
Here is one that comes to mind; tens of thousands of cars, clogging city highways day and night, mostly with one person in them. I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest there will be a far better way for people to get around in the future.
I sincerely hope that transportation will catch up with technology. If someone had told me that there would be a day when everyone you meet will have a phone in his pocket - or in his ear - I would have thought it was science fiction. Messages, pictures, maps, assistance, voices - all in your pocket!
ReplyDeleteI thought the same thing. If energy efficiency progressed like digital technology, we'd be spending a few cents a day to power our cars, houses, etc.
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