Less than 200 years ago, the world didn't even see the first light bulb. Now, we have all these technological things. All these advancements with computer technology which are accessible to every day people have happened within only the last 50. There are people alive today who don't even know how any of this stuff works.
Pretty soon we will be rid of all the old relics of pre industrial society. People will only know what it's like to be advanced. Pretty soon we will be rid of things like religion too, because we will have reason to explain the universe, we won't need superstition to explain things we don't understand. It just makes me sad that I was born on the forefront of all of this.
At least I can say that I am a forward thinking individual, who is able to appreciate where I am at this time. People will look back and wonder if anyone could really foresee what was to come, and the implications of the advancements of their time. With the struggles and dilemmas that have yet to be solved as I type this. It gives me a melancholy feeling.