re: The difference between 2022 and 1980

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Just the opposite, advances in technology from 1980 to the present are pretty mundane compared to the huge leaps made from 1938 to 1980

Television itself then cable TV, followed by satellite TV
Jet engines
Radar
Discovery of DNA
Medical imaging, MRI, Cat scanner, ultrasound
Vaccines
Antibiotics
The transistor
The integrated circuit,
Lasers
Fiber optics
The computer
Disk drives
Programming languages
Nuclear power
Space flight and it’s spinoffs
Satellites
Plastics and synthetic materials
Supersonic flight
Affordable home air conditioning
Microwave ovens
Advances in manufacturing , farming, and food processing.

Most of the stuff from 1980 on we can live pretty well without. THe internet as we know it today would not be possible without a couple of dozen inventions from the 1940s and 50s.

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but 99% of that stuff didnt really affect day to day life

the average families life has changed way more from 80-present compared to 38-80.

most families had 4 channels or so in 1980, no computer, air travel was not a really common thing etc.

most families went to work/school, came home and the mom got dinner ready while kids played and dad watched the news. in 38 it was similar but listened to radio instead.

you ate as a family, showered and gathered in the living room to either listen on the radio or watch 1 tv show



compared to now where everyone has a super computer in their pocket, instant access to people in every corner of the globe, instant access to all information, travel patterns are way different now etc


daily life has changed way more now. the way we work has changed way more, way we consumer knowledge, the way we travel, way we communicate, the leaisure activities etc.