20th century, when life was better

Ten years ago we were experiencing life on a different frequency, it was a period where the 90s showed us how cool we can be. The new synthetic wave got to us pretty fast after a decade of new technologies (see the 80s), but whatever we were going through it wasn't as harsh as these days. The 24/7 world grew bigger and bigger, there is no place for those who sleep. But how do we grow happy with it? How do we preserve the good moments is we barelt have memories of what we had for lunch?

I personally was happier and felt that the world couldn't shift into a worst direction it alrady was, the 90s had war in Kwait and in former Yugoslavia but as globalization was moving so a message of peace from around the world was doing the same. I do remeber the news on tv being more local, more focused on highway chases, internal politics, e-commerce on the rise, but no hero VS foe situation drama.

 

As we shifted into the new millennia we saw that changing date would mean also changing the face of this planet and our way of thinking. Science fiction books were becoming reality as tv was getting dumber, while the economy would adapt to the change into a very different prospective. 9/11 was a kick in the nuts, but turned out that nobody cared about the nearly 3000 victims of the World Trade Center nor the already mauled victims by the US in Middle East, it was about shifting the balance towards a new spot, many people knew that this sorta big conspiracy would take time and organization to take place, lots of it!

During the fall of 2003 I was talking with a real estate agent from Toronto about the great market conditions that led to spread open loans and subprimes. He said that this is just a big bubble waiting to burst, but what is different from any previouse similar case is tha fact that the economy will not hold the weight of the consequences, he continued. "Imagine walking on a glass floor and each person that does so is a good opportunity in the housing market like loans and subs. Now, how many people can walk on this floor before it breaks?" he said. I answered that I didn't know, "Now imagine that underneath the glass pavement there's a two-floor fall, do the math!" he continued. I realized immediately that the burst of the bubble would create the worst consequence in years and my real estate friend aknowledged that finishing by saying that there is nothing that we can do because not only it's too late but we were warned at the very last for a lucrative purpose.