2007-05-04 05:27:01 · 8 answers · asked by Brandi 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Without a doubt the two biggest factors shaping society in the past 25 years have been technology and medical advances.
2007-05-04 05:34:33 · answer #1 · answered by Brutally Honest 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the last quarter century more emphasis has been put on pleasure and getting new consumer goods than on progress. The space program is developing at a snail's pace while video games and entertainment things are like rabbits. At the same time, things have been dumbed down so our children don't need to learn as much as before.
Think how much different the world would be today if the US had put as much emphasis on the space program as they did on any of the wars in the past 25 years. Keep in mind that a growing, developing space program would have had a trickle down effect on the rest of the world as well.
2007-05-04 12:37:57 · answer #2 · answered by loryntoo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the biggest thing that has helped shape it is the Internet. I mean, we are able to communicate so much faster, get information, and so many other things thanks to it. We share videos, music, pictures, thoughts, and much more over the Internet. Many a relationship wouldn't exist. Many new words and ideas have come from the use of the Internet. The Internet also has brought the entire world closer together than it's ever been before!
2007-05-04 12:34:23 · answer #3 · answered by EmeraldLillian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
- Information and Communications Technology
- The End of the Cold War
- Globalisation, and growing immigration and ethnic diversity
- The aging population of Industrialized Nations
- Growing European Integration
- Gene Technology
- The growth of religious fundamentalism in the US and the Third World
2007-05-04 12:43:28 · answer #4 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess your asking about Western Society, I would say the Civil Rights Movement, Womens Rights, Technology advancement. those are my picks
2007-05-04 12:36:04 · answer #5 · answered by Mitchell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The internet.
The microwave.
A cell phone on every hip.
Everything has to be faster, we want it NOW! Whether it's information, food, or to get a hold of someone.
2007-05-04 12:35:45 · answer #6 · answered by csucdartgirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Greed, violence, narcissism, and psychopathy? At least, (to use Ronald Reagan's words), these attributes, if not the wealth, have managed to "trickle down", over the years, eh? :)))
2007-05-04 12:35:02 · answer #7 · answered by drakke1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Effective, readily available, oral contraceptives
2007-05-04 13:48:08 · answer #8 · answered by CanProf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋