re: The 80's. the Decade that Made Us.

The first commercially sold cell phones were in the 80s. The internet didn't take off commercially until the start of the 90s but Microsoft and other computer software companies were developing it throughout the mid to late 80s. Apple developed the McIntosh PC in the 80s. Pong was about the only video game around in the 70s so technically video games existed prior to the 80s but Atari, Nintendo, Coleco Vision, and Sega caused video games to explode on the scene in the 80s. Cable TV totally transformed in the 80s to what it is today. The 40 year Cold War with the Soviets ended in the 80s. While the 60s was the most important decade of the 20th century, the 80s were easily the most interesting and important decade since.