I'm sure that the more noble people in this forum, the more perceptive, the more educated, the more intelligent, the more inferring, the more sophisticated and the more knowldgeable will contradict me and flare up a much more accurate discussion (those who fit into the categories above are around 100% of the active writers and 98% of the more passive ones).
And yet, I think that Earth is going DOWNHILL ever since the 90s. Think of 1995-8, for instance (from my narrow-minded viewpoint of my big brother and his friends in Jerusalem and around:
Happy people, 18 y.o.'s with sexy yellow sport-cars, rock concerts at a higher level, [one of] my big brother's friends (although they never studied anything at high school, they were smart, 'cool', intelligent and they always liked me), the computers were evolving and everyone swarmed around cafes during summer...
Now, in 2000 we had bug threats, in 2001 the economy collapsed (again, after 1929), in 2003 Iraq was invaded and Iran threatened, further decreasing power of the western powers. And though the European Union is trying to further integrate European nations (especially with the central European nations now joining), the politically different ideologies between The US and England (and South Africa, Australia and New Zealand - if you want it more extensively), and France and Germany (Italy is a whole issue by itself) - will lead to a minor European crisis, in my opinion.
Any other data that the Noble Men here analysed and would like to share with me? How the last 10 years evolved and whereabout Earth is going? How will the future unfold?
Jonathan
Posted by WheatPuppet (Member # 5142) on :
Downhill? Nahh. Stagnating? I worry sometimes.
Although video games have been steadily going downhill since Civilization II. It's my informed opinion that X-COM: UFO defense is the greatest game of all time. Mmmmm... X-COM.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
And do you, WheatPuppet, truly believe that video games are revolutionising the world?
Jonny
Posted by WheatPuppet (Member # 5142) on :
Yes.
In the future, everyone will have freakishly big thumbs for a better gaming experience on their Playstation-19 console system. I'm on the cutting edge of artificial selection, since I already have unusually large thumbs for the size of my hand. Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Assuming that the PlayStation 19 is the common console, regardless of PCs' advances; to you still believe that the entire concept of war, peace, philosophy and nations' actual economical status quo will entirely revolve around video games? I solemnly doubt that.
Jonny
[ January 02, 2005, 03:04 PM: Message edited by: Jonathan Howard ]
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
Try Victoria or Europa Universalis II. They take the Civ concept to a whole new level.
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