The fact that certain "countries" ever existed will be considered a relic of colonialism. Current anti-China sentiment will be considered quaintly naive, and reaction to China will be the primary driver of international relations.
World population will flatten out at about 11 billion people, and historic concerns about overpopulation will be considered faintly amusing. As much education as desired will be universally available, so the current state of world education will be viewed as appalling, greedy, and short sighted. The way war is currently waged will be considered nearly incomprehensibly barbaric, though I can't predict what form war will take in the future. I suspect it will involve lots of autonomous devices mostly fighting each other. The internal combustion engine will be viewed with the same disgust that we view exposed outdoor privies. Our slowness to give up burning carbon will be viewed with anger and outrage, though some will counsel kindness towards our ignorance. Mass media will be viewed as an amusing episode similar to how we view town criers and the posting of public notices. People will pity us for having to all choose among outlets curated by others. Desktop and laptop computers will be viewed as something your grandparents used to use, most devices will be "smart" and respond to voice. Current sexual attitudes will be viewed with a mixture of disbelief and eye rolling. Homosexuality will be considered normal, most people will have same sex experiences. The idea of gender as biologically predetermined will be considered antiquated, ignorant, and prejudiced. We will be considered amusingly short and people will be amused by how low our ceilings and doors were. The fact that people died of so many preventable cancers will be considered tragic, as will the fact that most of us died so young. I'm not sure what about our music will be considered quaint, but I'm sure there will be something. People will still be listening to Bach though. — Charles On Fri, 30 Dec 2022 at 23:40, Peter Griffin via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote: > Often, when we discuss prominent individuals or societies long gone and > their shortcomings, we are reminded not to judge them too harshly, because > they were products of their times. > > What current perfectly legit behaviours do you think people of, say, 100 > years in the future will look back on and remind themselves to be kind, > that we were creatures of our times? > > (I had sent this back in November, when silklist was down.) > -- > Silklist mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >
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