Did the world change more in the '60s or the '90s? (war, 1990s)
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In the '60s you essentially had the death of Colonialism and the Cold War really heated up big time, and modern amenities were starting to penetrate the Third World in a big way. You also had the first pop culture phenomenon in the Beatles.
In the '90s you had the beginning of neoliberal capitalism and the global economy and both the liberal values of the '60s and the capital values of the '80s really became the mainstream point of view.
The Digital Age has been a game changer that has affected every area of the globe.
The internet and the near universality of personal computers in most of the world have changed everything. Instantaneous access to vast amounts of information about all things, and easy communication & connection have made the world a much smaller place than it has ever been.
The Digital Age has been a game changer that has affected every area of the globe.
The internet and the near universality of personal computers in most of the world have changed everything. Instantaneous access to vast amounts of information about all things, and easy communication & connection have made the world a much smaller place than it has ever been.
I agree. 1990 seemed old even in 1999, but outside of the US I don't think the world changed much in the 60s.
The Digital Age really started in the 1940s and 1950s. However, towards the end of the 1960s, computing was increasingly a key component in back office operations for many companies. At the beginning of the 1960, manual crank calculators were still in use. By the end of the 1960s, electronic ones were coming into common use. The expansion into personal computing which happened in the early 1980s was based on the computing revolution of the previous 20 years.
The same goes for the internet. When I worked for IBM between 1977 - 1980, we were already using RSCS to communicate electronically with other IBM data centers throughout the world. Between 1980 - 1984 I was working at CERN and we were communicating across worldwide academic networks and experimenting with e-mail.
So, what we saw in the 1990s was the commercial exploitation and expansion of existing technologies.
The 1960s was really the beginning of affluence for people in the developed world. That led to the expansion of consumer goods and the cultural explosion that accompanied it. The 1960s also saw major improvements in civil rights, sexual rights and women's rights.
In the '60s you essentially had the death of Colonialism and the Cold War really heated up big time, and modern amenities were starting to penetrate the Third World in a big way. You also had the first pop culture phenomenon in the Beatles.
In the '90s you had the beginning of neoliberal capitalism and the global economy and both the liberal values of the '60s and the capital values of the '80s really became the mainstream point of view.
I voted for the 1960's. The 1990's were aside from technology a return to the 1950's. More a counterrevolution than a revolution.
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