Baby Boomers and the Promise of the Future
What were the promises of the future when you were growing up? I was born in 1950’s, so the 60’s were my guide star for what life would be like in my adult life. The main promise of adults then was that their children would be better off than them. The next generation would minimally have a home, a good job, and security. Hard work would be rewarded, but robots and computers would make work easier and more productive. Science would give us better health, faster transportation, more mechanical aids, and military weapons to keep us safe. We would explore the planets and space. There were things that were pushed off though. Pollution, waste, finite resources were left for the future as they weren’t seen as current problems needing attention. Foreign relations included the nuclear threat of annihilation. Wars and preparation for wars sucked enormous amounts of the nation’s treasure in money, manpower, and brain power. And now that I’m in my 70’s, what of these promise...