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50 years ago I was 7 and didn't have much concert of the 'the world' beyond home, the sweet shop and helping Old Uncle Sam (on who I am convinced John Thaw based Mr Tom - any of you lot from Beccles may know him) with his garden
“I want to begin with an observation that, given the challenges that we face in the world and the headlines we see every day, may seem improbable, but it’s true,” Mr. Obama said in Hanover on the final day of his tour of Europe and the Middle East. “We are fortunate to be living in the most peaceful, most prosperous, most progressive era in human history.
“That may surprise young people who are watching TV or looking at your phones and it seems like only bad news comes through every day,” he said. “But consider that it’s been decades since the last war between major powers. More people live in democracies. We’re wealthier and healthier and better educated, with a global economy that has lifted up more than a billion people from extreme poverty, and created new middle classes from the Americas to Africa to Asia.
“If you had to choose a moment in time to be born, any time in human history, and you didn’t know ahead of time what nationality you were or what gender or what your economic status might be, you’d choose today – which isn’t to say that there is not still enormous suffering and enormous tragedy and so much work for us to do,” he said.
I hate much about modern life. I often wish I was born in hunter gatherer times. It’s a constant stream of people obsessing about things which don’t matter and ignoring things that do. I don’t want to be dramatic but sometimes it feels like being awake in the matrix. Maybe I’m the one with issues.
I hate much about modern life. I often wish I was born in hunter gatherer times. It’s a constant stream of people obsessing about things which don’t matter and ignoring things that do. I don’t want to be dramatic but sometimes it feels like being awake in the matrix. Maybe I’m the one with issues.
The one thing I witnessed which made me sad...
2 years ago, having a nice drink in the piano bar on holiday.
Looking around. Kids everywhere in the hotel......... all sat in groups, each one on a phone or tablet.
I ban our son from taking anything electronic on holiday. I take mine for chairman bits of course, but it's off for 22 hours of the day.
Older visitors to the forum on 12:45 - Jun 25 by Rob88
“I want to begin with an observation that, given the challenges that we face in the world and the headlines we see every day, may seem improbable, but it’s true,” Mr. Obama said in Hanover on the final day of his tour of Europe and the Middle East. “We are fortunate to be living in the most peaceful, most prosperous, most progressive era in human history.
“That may surprise young people who are watching TV or looking at your phones and it seems like only bad news comes through every day,” he said. “But consider that it’s been decades since the last war between major powers. More people live in democracies. We’re wealthier and healthier and better educated, with a global economy that has lifted up more than a billion people from extreme poverty, and created new middle classes from the Americas to Africa to Asia.
“If you had to choose a moment in time to be born, any time in human history, and you didn’t know ahead of time what nationality you were or what gender or what your economic status might be, you’d choose today – which isn’t to say that there is not still enormous suffering and enormous tragedy and so much work for us to do,” he said.
Indeed. This is the thing that people in the West get consistently wrong according to the surveys. The world is a far better place on most measures of life quality.
If it doesn't feel like it then that is generally more about the individual and their self-image than anything else.
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Older visitors to the forum on 13:44 - Jun 25 with 5350 views
Fifty years ago I was thirteen and my understanding of the world came mainly from the Daily Telegraph, BBC News and World In Action. It's been said earlier in the thread that we have had no wars between superpowers in this time but that depends on who you class as a super power (Saudi Arabia?) and what you define as a proxy war, also Vietnam was very grim and enduring bombing at a rate in excess of World War II levels. If you had asked the question three years ago I would have concurred with the view that the Earth is becoming more peaceful but at the moment I feel it to be on a slippery slope to war again.
For an example of why I feel like this the following report from the BBC website concerns a part of the world I happily travelled through just over ten years ago, I would not go there now:
Older visitors to the forum on 13:12 - Jun 25 by FrimleyBlue
The one thing I witnessed which made me sad...
2 years ago, having a nice drink in the piano bar on holiday.
Looking around. Kids everywhere in the hotel......... all sat in groups, each one on a phone or tablet.
I ban our son from taking anything electronic on holiday. I take mine for chairman bits of course, but it's off for 22 hours of the day.
So... your kid is the one running around screaming and annoying everyone? I'm all for quiet dead eyed children staring at tablets in public, thank you very much!
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"Imagine being a heterosexual white male in Britain at this moment. How bad is that. Everything you say is racist, everything you say is homophobic. The Woke community have really f****d this country."
Older visitors to the forum on 12:45 - Jun 25 by Rob88
“I want to begin with an observation that, given the challenges that we face in the world and the headlines we see every day, may seem improbable, but it’s true,” Mr. Obama said in Hanover on the final day of his tour of Europe and the Middle East. “We are fortunate to be living in the most peaceful, most prosperous, most progressive era in human history.
“That may surprise young people who are watching TV or looking at your phones and it seems like only bad news comes through every day,” he said. “But consider that it’s been decades since the last war between major powers. More people live in democracies. We’re wealthier and healthier and better educated, with a global economy that has lifted up more than a billion people from extreme poverty, and created new middle classes from the Americas to Africa to Asia.
“If you had to choose a moment in time to be born, any time in human history, and you didn’t know ahead of time what nationality you were or what gender or what your economic status might be, you’d choose today – which isn’t to say that there is not still enormous suffering and enormous tragedy and so much work for us to do,” he said.
Older visitors to the forum on 12:45 - Jun 25 by Rob88
“I want to begin with an observation that, given the challenges that we face in the world and the headlines we see every day, may seem improbable, but it’s true,” Mr. Obama said in Hanover on the final day of his tour of Europe and the Middle East. “We are fortunate to be living in the most peaceful, most prosperous, most progressive era in human history.
“That may surprise young people who are watching TV or looking at your phones and it seems like only bad news comes through every day,” he said. “But consider that it’s been decades since the last war between major powers. More people live in democracies. We’re wealthier and healthier and better educated, with a global economy that has lifted up more than a billion people from extreme poverty, and created new middle classes from the Americas to Africa to Asia.
“If you had to choose a moment in time to be born, any time in human history, and you didn’t know ahead of time what nationality you were or what gender or what your economic status might be, you’d choose today – which isn’t to say that there is not still enormous suffering and enormous tragedy and so much work for us to do,” he said.
Not sure abouf the "healthier" bit (especially in the developed world) and hell it's boring to be a kid nowadays! Who would want proper free festivals and raves ! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlemorton_Common_Festival (26 years ago, )
"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
Not sure abouf the "healthier" bit (especially in the developed world) and hell it's boring to be a kid nowadays! Who would want proper free festivals and raves ! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlemorton_Common_Festival (26 years ago, )
Probably alluding to life expectancy.
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Older visitors to the forum on 16:08 - Jun 25 with 5157 views
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