Read a book called 'Future Shock" by Alvin Toffler. He wrote it around 1970 and pretty much predicted everything that happened since. âFuture shockâ was his term for the madness that people would embrace when they realized they couldnât/wouldnât deal with the changes that the shift from the Industrial Age to the Digital Era would bring.
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drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee âš18â© âšhoursâ© agoI swear to God, I feel like the global rise in far-right parties has less to do with any kind of global cabal, and more to do with the fact that Boomers everywhere are powered by nostalgia. Seems like Boomers everywhere will stop at nothing to bring back the world of their parents that they never experienced.
Dagwood222@lemm.ee âš18â© âšhoursâ© ago
RobotZap10000@feddit.nl âš14â© âšhoursâ© ago
Iâm reading it right now. I still canât believe that a 55-year-old book could still describe aspects of my life to such accuracy!
Dagwood222@lemm.ee âš14â© âšhoursâ© ago
It gets even worse.
He inspired a science fiction writer named John Brunner. Brunnerâs book, "Stand On Zanzibarâ won the 1969 Hugo award for best science fiction novel. Itâs set in the early 21st Century and features such crazy ideas as middle class adults needing room mates to make the rent, wide spread homelessness, AI, endless post-colonial wars, the internet, and music videos.
RobotZap10000@feddit.nl âš13â© âšhoursâ© ago
Now Iâll have to read that too. Thanks!
epicstove@lemmy.ca âš17â© âšhoursâ© ago
USSR foreign policy was basically âDamn, remember when we were an empire?â
monogram@feddit.nl âš16â© âšhoursâ© ago
aeshna_cyanea@lemm.ee âš17â© âšhoursâ© ago
But the world of the Boomerâs parents was ww1 into ww2. It was a pretty big deal
straightjorkin@lemmy.world âš22â© âšminutesâ© ago
Not just boomers, Gen x. Theyâre literally more willing to believe that the earth shifted into an alternate universe before theyâre willing to believe their own memory is fallible.