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Post by SharksFan99 on Aug 8, 2019 10:42:52 GMT 10
Idk about you but I'm pretty excited for the 2020s It will be a bit of a novelty being in a brand new decade (at least for a short while), so that's something i'm looking forward to. Otherwise, if i'm being honest, i'm not overly excited for them.  It will be nice to leave the 2010s though.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2019 0:25:22 GMT 10
At my age, I have more years behind me than ahead of me so there's no reason for me to anticipate the 2020s with enthusiasm.
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Post by al on Aug 9, 2019 0:58:36 GMT 10
Haha, yeah I know what you mean. I tend to think that the biggest advancements in technology over the next ten years will be in Artificial Intelligence and autonomy. We won't be using the same smartphone and tablet devices as we are using now, but on the same token, I don't think the handheld smartphone devices of the Late 2020s will be drastically different in functionality. Maybe they might have the ability to create holograph projections above our smartphone screens? Who knows.  That’s one of the big ones you in movies/TV, the holographic projection. While it’s novel, and it’s probably not far off from possible at this point, I have to say, I don’t know if it’s a huge selling point? We’ve kinda touched on this in other threads, but I don’t know how much more helpful some of these advancements are. At some point you still have to do things yourself, and most of us want to, rather than rely on AI to make decisions for us, or have our minds read. Look at the movement to “unplug”. I think right now people want a more socially sound society rather than necessarily a more advanced one. Alternatives to plastics, urban farming, etc., are what I think many would rather see technology being used for before flying cars and see-through TVs. We have too many problems to ignore and if a select few advance to insane places without addressing them, we’ll be in for a very dystopian future imo.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Aug 9, 2019 10:26:55 GMT 10
That’s one of the big ones you in movies/TV, the holographic projection. While it’s novel, and it’s probably not far off from possible at this point, I have to say, I don’t know if it’s a huge selling point? I think the only way holograms would be a huge selling point would be if it was voice activated in some way. For instance, someone could ask Google to search for an image and the holographic projection of that image would appear above the phone screen. Granted, such a feature wouldn't be a necessity, but it could potentially be time saving and also a useful tool for learning information. I'm not sure if it's something I would ever choose to use though. I barely use my smartphone as it is. I agree. The issue though is that the tech giants (e.g Samsung, Sony) are going to want to continue investing in new, emerging technologies, as it comes with the temptation of greater profits and more staying power. They don't care about people's mental well-being. People could take a stance and threaten to stop using their products altogether, but even taking that action is not going to convince the tech giants to change their approach.We're really stuck in a situation where we are damned if we do and damned if we don't. What complicates matters even more is that smartphone technology is so entrenched in our lives as it is and even if we do decide to stop using their products, there are still millions out there who will continue to naively buy and use their devices on a daily basis. It wouldn't even make a dent in their sales figures. Unfortunately, i'm not sure if achieving a socially sound society will ever truly be possible.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2019 1:26:40 GMT 10
The culture just isn't aligned for it. The Y2K era was a very forward thinking time.
The late '10s is a very backward-thinking time. Nowadays it's all about trying to bring back the 1950s. Fear dominates our society today. Plus with an economy on the brink of recession there just isn't a lot to be hopeful about right now.
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Post by CupidTheStupid on Aug 11, 2019 4:11:57 GMT 10
I think we need to wait until like November or December for there to be more anticipation. Agreed. Right now it's August & too early. I think the excitement will happen in December.
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Post by kev2000sfan on Aug 11, 2019 5:48:57 GMT 10
Time is moving too fast, honestly and its scary. We're already getting there faster than anticipated. If your worried about the 2020s, you want to be old.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Aug 12, 2019 12:31:52 GMT 10
The culture just isn't aligned for it. The Y2K era was a very forward thinking time. The late '10s is a very backward-thinking time. Nowadays it's all about trying to bring back the 1950s. Fear dominates our society today. Plus with an economy on the brink of recession there just isn't a lot to be hopeful about right now. Unfortunately, that's quite true. I'm still surprised though that the year 2020 hasn't been referenced in new pop/rap releases in any way. I realise that the social and political climate isn't optimistic or forward thinking at the moment, but you'd still think that there would be some people out there who are looking forward to entering into a new decade.
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Post by Telso on Aug 16, 2019 2:39:24 GMT 10
It seems that anticipation for the next decade is pretty nonexistant until the very last few months or well into the first year, which makes sense since it's not a pressing hot new to be covered. I tried to search around in archives about the 80s-90s transition and there's not much to find about it in 1989, but plenty of articles in 1990 going "hey it's the 90s now!" or "let's recap the 80s".
The 90s-00s transition is a huge outlier for obvious reasons.
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Post by Lyndialy on Aug 16, 2019 7:50:11 GMT 10
Not me. I think the 2020s will carry positive changes to our general public. If self-driving autos become mainstream, life will be simpler.
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Post by rainbow on Aug 16, 2019 7:56:10 GMT 10
Not me. I think the 2020s will carry positive changes to our general public. If self-driving autos become mainstream, life will be simpler. Welcome back!
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Post by waywardmillenial92 on Sept 12, 2019 5:48:23 GMT 10
It seems that anticipation for the next decade is pretty nonexistant until the very last few months or well into the first year, which makes sense since it's not a pressing hot new to be covered. I tried to search around in archives about the 80s-90s transition and there's not much to find about it in 1989, but plenty of articles in 1990 going "hey it's the 90s now!" or "let's recap the 80s". The 90s-00s transition is a huge outlier for obvious reasons. That is plainly factitious there has always been a lot of hype regarding the changing of a decade in the 20th century yes even throughout the whole of '89 from start to finish there was anticipation for the 90s ask any genxer of boomer who had a active social life if you dont believe me and just LOL at the internet in the star of 1990 no one and I mean no one was using the internet at the turn of the 90's so of course it wasn't documented much online. Fact is that this is the 21st century and people just don't care about the arbitrary span of ten years we life in we left that behind in the 20th century the concept of decade identity is something only those who experienced the 90's, 80's , 70's, 60's 50's etc etc can know
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Post by TheUser98 on Sept 13, 2019 6:16:48 GMT 10
The 90s-00s transition is a huge outlier for obvious reasons. Might sound like a silly question, but what are the “obvious reasons”?
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Post by mc98 on Sept 13, 2019 6:42:01 GMT 10
The 90s-00s transition is a huge outlier for obvious reasons. Might sound like a silly question, but what are the “obvious reasons”? The new millennium.
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Post by Telso on Sept 13, 2019 23:40:08 GMT 10
That is plainly factitious there has always been a lot of hype regarding the changing of a decade in the 20th century yes even throughout the whole of '89 from start to finish there was anticipation for the 90s ask any genxer of boomer who had a active social life if you dont believe me and just LOL at the internet in the star of 1990 no one and I mean no one was using the internet at the turn of the 90's so of course it wasn't documented much online. Fact is that this is the 21st century and people just don't care about the arbitrary span of ten years we life in we left that behind in the 20th century the concept of decade identity is something only those who experienced the 90's, 80's , 70's, 60's 50's etc etc can know Did you read anything of my post or were the horses too high for that effect? Where did I exactly say there was a total lack of 90s anticipation in my post? Where do I even attack the concept of decade indentity to which you seem to very defensive and exclusive about? What I really said is that the anticipation for the 90s seemed to be much in stronger in 1990 in comparison to 1989 from what I sampled in archived journalistic papers, articles and reviews on internet. If you have actual proof that contradicts that statement, than you're more than welcome to point those out without having this needlessly condescending tone. The fact that people in the every day life were hyping it up, it's good to know but ultimately doesn't take away from the fact that my statement was about media outlets.
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It will be nice to leave the 2010s though.
