Does the 21st century begin in 2014?

[besilarius]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-31/what-if-the-21st-century-begins-in-2014-.html

Fun speculation.

[LongBlade]

Gotta take issue with this:

Think about it. The first decade of the 20th century was filled with hope and a kind of can-do optimism that was never seen again -- not after the horrific events of 1914 shattered any vision that a new and better age would arrive without pain. Yet until almost the start of World War I, 19th-century progress seemed unstoppable and ever-accelerating.

Our first decade was shattered in 2001 when some goofballs with box cutters evaded a bureaucratic obstacle forbidding the CIA and FBI from sharing information.

Since then the 4th amendment has been gutted and a small budget surplus has been traded for economic-killing deficits - no small amount of which is spent on further erosion of the 4th.

I could go on, but I'd have to move this to R&P.

No, I think this century started quite early.

[Staggerwing]

 ??? I posted a reply in this thread just a little while ago but now it does not show.  I saw it listed after hitting 'post'- what gives???

[BanzaiCat]

Your reply was not in line with the dialectic enough, Comrade.

[Staggerwing]

Haven't you got some cold beet soup to slurp up or something?  :D

[BanzaiCat]

Bah! General Secretaries do not slurp anything except hot Ladies Of The Communist Party supermodels.  8)

With regards to the OP, bah as well. So what about 1714? 1614? Etcetera? I agree it's fun speculation but ultimately, meh. I'm not sure there were many centuries that could compare to the 20th as far as technology advancement, population growth, world conflict, and many other things are concerned.

[LongBlade]

??? I posted a reply in this thread just a little while ago but now it does not show.  I saw it listed after hitting 'post'- what gives???

Big Brother does not approve of your thinking.

[Staggerwing]

Apparently not.  :-\

All I said was that I had read some of David Brin's SciFi, esp. his Uplift War series. Dangerous words, should they escape out into the wilds of the webbzinesses for all suggestible folk to read...

[Dolan50]

Apparently not.  :-\

All I said was that I had read some of David Brin's SciFi, esp. his Uplift War series. Dangerous words, should they escape out into the wilds of the webbzinesses for all suggestible folk to read...

Keep this up and your looking for a banning and most likely moved to the top of the NSAs list of people of interest. :D

[BanzaiCat]

We have spot on Communist team for KGB head, Comrade Staggerwing.

[LongBlade]

We have spot on Communist team for KGB head, Comrade Staggerwing.

Proof that the NSA was wise. Otherwise this kind of recruiting would be rampant.

[Staggerwing]

We have spot on Communist team for KGB head, Comrade Staggerwing.

Does the position come with the 1989 Oligarch Retirement Package?

[LongBlade]

We have spot on Communist team for KGB head, Comrade Staggerwing.

Does the position come with the 1989 Oligarch Retirement Package?

Yes. 9.22mm.

[Staggerwing]

Actually, that's the new 'No Friend of Putin' Oligarch package. I would have to insist on the original retroactive full-value option.

[GDS_Starfury]

every era is interesting when you actually live in it.