Post by cmdrshep2183 on Aug 22, 2024 5:36:07 GMT
During the early 2010s I was dazzled by stuff like Avatar, Star Trek, Eve Online, Mass Effect, and even stuff like Wall-E and Fallout made me dream of what crazy technology there might be in our future.
We are just getting started with space and AI.
But I can't help but look back at the past 10 years and think that advancement has not gone as fast as it should.
It does not only seem like the 2010s was largely stagnant but also social problems were allowed to get worse.
The massive gap between the super wealthy and everyone else was allowed to get much larger. There has been a massive increase in homelessness and drug addiction. Mass shootings and school shootings were allowed to become a common event in America. There has been a increase in far right, conspiracy, and anti science beliefs. There has been a increase in troubled young men, many of whom are turning to committing acts of violence. Millennials seem too apathetic. Gen Z seems more interested in becoming social media stars.
I believe these problems are severely sapping humanity's potential.
And looking back I find it kind of sad I didn't know anyone from my school years in a typical suburban middle class public school system who went into science or engineering. I didn't know anyone who was inspired by science or engineering.
It seemed like math, science, and engineering were considered "Uncool" and that achieving a Hollywood or New York style life was more exciting to my generation and that it was seen as the ultimate aspiration as evidenced by the popularity of shows like "The OC", "Gossip Girl", "Keeping up with the Kardashians", and "Jersey Shore".
Being seeing math, science, and engineering as uncool was more of a middle school thing at least where I came from.
But has the obsession with materialism held back American society's advancement?
It seemed like a big inspiring space program was nowhere to be seen in 2010s America.
Also it seemed like any type of blue collar work was looked down upon.
We are just getting started with space and AI.
But I can't help but look back at the past 10 years and think that advancement has not gone as fast as it should.
It does not only seem like the 2010s was largely stagnant but also social problems were allowed to get worse.
The massive gap between the super wealthy and everyone else was allowed to get much larger. There has been a massive increase in homelessness and drug addiction. Mass shootings and school shootings were allowed to become a common event in America. There has been a increase in far right, conspiracy, and anti science beliefs. There has been a increase in troubled young men, many of whom are turning to committing acts of violence. Millennials seem too apathetic. Gen Z seems more interested in becoming social media stars.
I believe these problems are severely sapping humanity's potential.
And looking back I find it kind of sad I didn't know anyone from my school years in a typical suburban middle class public school system who went into science or engineering. I didn't know anyone who was inspired by science or engineering.
It seemed like math, science, and engineering were considered "Uncool" and that achieving a Hollywood or New York style life was more exciting to my generation and that it was seen as the ultimate aspiration as evidenced by the popularity of shows like "The OC", "Gossip Girl", "Keeping up with the Kardashians", and "Jersey Shore".
Being seeing math, science, and engineering as uncool was more of a middle school thing at least where I came from.
But has the obsession with materialism held back American society's advancement?
It seemed like a big inspiring space program was nowhere to be seen in 2010s America.
Also it seemed like any type of blue collar work was looked down upon.