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Cr4zko t1_iy1ktpe wrote

Reply to comment by ihateshadylandlords in 2002 vs 2012 vs 2022 | how has technology changed? by Phoenix5869

I was 11 in 2012 and comparing it to today? Feels like an entirely different world. Some things were better... some worse. Feels like the stuff you buy at the supermarket today tastes weird. I can't quite put my finger on it.

Internet changed a lot. I remember back then you were hot shit if you had a PSP or a DS. Let alone a Vita/3DS! Never saw one of those in the wild.

Anime, remember that? Haruhi Suzumiya was the thing to be in the know and these days people don't care much...

Besides, back then people wouldn't lash out for the smallest little slights like today. Although by that point internet culture was reaching the point of assimilation by Reddit, Facebook & YouTube. Gone were the days of pre-youtube monoliths like YTMND and forum culture.

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Sieventer t1_iy1pvdm wrote

I am from 2000 and I lived the internet since 2008. People are not aware of how much the internet has changed since then...
The humor has changed so much in just 10 years! In addition to humor, there is also what is considered 'scary'. In the past, creppypastas were scary, nowadays, it's impossible to create anything scary fictional. People are more insensitive. Also, everything was more 'decentralized', it was a more 'atomic' internet, sometimes it felt warmer than today even if there were less people.
We have gone from everyone having Windows XP, to everyone having Windows Vista, to everyone having Windows 7, and finally most of us having Windows 10. It is much more exponential the changes in the technological environments than in the real ones (which are also noticeable in the streets, of course).
Honestly, I find it impossible to predict the internet of 2032... I was writing a letter for 2060 in 'futureme', and I find it impossible to predict what it will be like by then. In fact, I think they won't even use physical screens or keyboards. Anyway, I'm getting long winded!

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modestLife1 t1_iy20srw wrote

lol u ppl are young xD

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Sieventer t1_iy2l8hl wrote

How old are you? I'm technically young, but then I think about future generations... and I feel like an old man. I'm afraid of being on the brink of immortality and not making it, because by the time transhumanism and aging cures come along, I will be at a dangerous age. In the meantime, others will be in their twenties and will have plenty to spare...

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Chop1n t1_iy3fsgn wrote

I'm pretty sure we're well within the range of time where we'll see either civilizational collapse or singularity, provided you can tough it out for another few decades.

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ThoughtSafe9928 t1_iy71sg2 wrote

Excited for either. I either live out my dystopian fantasies or utopian.

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modestLife1 t1_iy3g1yg wrote

i'm 33 (born in '89), so 13 years older than you. to be completely honest, even though i subscribe and like the general optimism of this sub, i feel exactly the same as you. i don't think world changing technology like anti-ageing therapies and such will be available for another hundred years at minimum. but hey, i'm only here to periodically see if i'm wrong... so here's hoping 🍻

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