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I'm worried, What happened to the lessons of the last century? I had a grandmother who lived through both world wars and lived to own and use a smartphone.
Much important history has faded from living memory. We mock, harass and intimidate our historians and philosophers.
We for get the optimism and courage of our parents' generation who stood up for civil rights, equality and social justice. We look the other way as hard-won rights are eroded. We sit idly by while we let tyrants exploit us and dismantle our democratic structures and rob us of our sustenance.
At times like these I turn to popular music for inspiration and wisdom. I would like to share one particular retrospectively enthusiastic piece I've recently discovered from more optimistic times and I'd like to think it hasn't been in vain quite yet. We are still the human race.
It's by Montrose (also a Scottish town) and is called Space Station #5 and goes like this:
Start, with the sun
And move on out
The future's in the skies above
The heavens unfold
And a new star is born
Space and time makin' love
Now, I'm sure that's the sort of thing Homer Simpson had on his 8 track in his car back in the day.
I don't care. It's much better than war.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 13 2022, @08:46PM
There's a lot that can be done with steam power. I don't see why it shouldn't be possible to go from a great steam age to a digital, solar-powered renaissance. Cars and jet engines might not happen again, and that wouldn't be a terrible loss imho. Mass travel over long distances would still be possible with trains.
This all could be for the best.
A big factor will be the quality of knowledge that survives from this era. If we can figure out how to help future humans regain the knowledge of present society, that could work against the nightmare scenario. Maybe we should be printing out hard copies of wikipedia and burying them across the world.