My Ordinary Life: Improvements Since the 1990s
He&#x27;s not even scratching the surface.<p>&#x27;Heart Surgery&#x27; used to be a really big, scary ordeal. Now they do much of it on an &#x27;outpatient&#x27; basis - home the next day.<p>Putting the brakes hard on a car from the 1970&#x27;s might mean you slide the thing into whatever you were driving towards. The sensitivity and intelligence of car control these days makes old cars seem like horse and buggy.<p>A woman doing a more classically male job in the 1980&#x27;s was a big deal, a statement, and they would be told constantly &#x27;they didn&#x27;t belong&#x27;. My younger nieces doing research have never met with any such resistance, just the opposite (They&#x27;re still younger though, this will change a little later).<p>Vinyl, CD&#x27;s, tapes, whatever: you had to collect them and physically go to stores to get music, video or any content. The content revolution is mind-boggling.<p>You generally did not know or communicate with people from other countries. What you know about Russia came from books in the library or a few scenes on TV, or maybe a ridiculous Hollywood film.<p>Clothing was something you bought for &#x27;durability&#x27;. It was expensive and unfashionable.<p>And this since the late 20th century.<p>Those who have been alive for a long time, say Queen Elizabeth who&#x27;s 1st Prime Minister was literally Churchill ... it&#x27;s almost impossible to fathom the change they&#x27;ve seen in their time.