I remember mostly being taught about Revolutionary War, The Civil War and WW2.
That's mostly what I remember as well. I do remember spending a lot of time on the buildup to WWI, but afterwards it was like, "Okay, Roaring Twenties, go!"
As for 2110, I wonder if we'll make strides like we did in the 20th century with planes, phones, computers, into space....
Too bad things only go faster than light in fiction. *sigh*
I'd hope that, by 2110, we will no longer be using fossil fuels and will able to rely on cleaner, more efficient modes of energy. We're making in-roads into that now, but we still have a long way to go.
I feel like this is pretty well set to happen. Everything I hear about it seems to point to the idea that fossil fuels are going to be too economically infeasible to extract by then.
I wonder if we'll continue to fight wars over religious ideology or if people will "live and let live" for once.
I'm sure some kind of religious conflict will be happening somewhere on the globe in that decade, sadly.
I'd also like to hope that concepts of skin color and sexual preference will be something totally unknown.
Maybe not unknown (I just don't see that happening), but definitely not something worthy of hatred or prejudice.
I also like your concept of eating pseudo meat. I'm not a vegetarian, but it would be nice to no longer grow/breed/kill animals for sustenance.
I woud really love that. I have the temperment to be a vegetarian, but not the willpower. Mmmm, bacon and chicken...
In fact, interesting you'd bring that up because I was really wishing for a food "processor" in the wall in our lunch room so I wouldn't have to keep taking lunch to work or ordering out.
Ohhhh, I want a replicator so badly. I can't even tell you.
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Date: 2009-11-12 02:17 pm (UTC)That's mostly what I remember as well. I do remember spending a lot of time on the buildup to WWI, but afterwards it was like, "Okay, Roaring Twenties, go!"
As for 2110, I wonder if we'll make strides like we did in the 20th century with planes, phones, computers, into space....
Too bad things only go faster than light in fiction. *sigh*
I'd hope that, by 2110, we will no longer be using fossil fuels and will able to rely on cleaner, more efficient modes of energy. We're making in-roads into that now, but we still have a long way to go.
I feel like this is pretty well set to happen. Everything I hear about it seems to point to the idea that fossil fuels are going to be too economically infeasible to extract by then.
I wonder if we'll continue to fight wars over religious ideology or if people will "live and let live" for once.
I'm sure some kind of religious conflict will be happening somewhere on the globe in that decade, sadly.
I'd also like to hope that concepts of skin color and sexual preference will be something totally unknown.
Maybe not unknown (I just don't see that happening), but definitely not something worthy of hatred or prejudice.
I also like your concept of eating pseudo meat. I'm not a vegetarian, but it would be nice to no longer grow/breed/kill animals for sustenance.
I woud really love that. I have the temperment to be a vegetarian, but not the willpower. Mmmm, bacon and chicken...
In fact, interesting you'd bring that up because I was really wishing for a food "processor" in the wall in our lunch room so I wouldn't have to keep taking lunch to work or ordering out.
Ohhhh, I want a replicator so badly. I can't even tell you.