There is no need to dive deep into any philosophies in order to grasp the change of time. Of course, with certain events as big as the world’s affairs or as important and perhaps even more impactful than personal lives, it’s easy to put into perspective how much one evolves as a human. Now, when it comes to the more colossal things occurring in the world, we can all marvel at the progress that has been made.
Twitter user Arthur G. P. @artisanrocky had such a moment by superimposing two images that were 69 years apart. One was of the first airplane flight by the Wrights in Kitty Hawk, and the other one of John Young—Apollo 16 commander on the Moon. And the other users couldn’t help but collectively marvel at how much life has changed in such a relatively short time.
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These images of the Wright Brothers' airplane flight and Apollo 16 mission with John Young walking on the moon became the cover of a viral Tweet that started a hot discussion among the community
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Over a week ago, Arthur G. P. posted his observation that "people don’t fully understand how much life changed for our species between 1900 and 2000" and genuinely added, "I still struggle to comprehend it." The pictures he put side by side were of events 69 years ago (he had to add an edit to his epic post as unfortunately, he most likely accidentally used a different photo than he intended or dramatically failed mathematics).
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Regardless, his point of how much life changed for humans between 1900 and 2000 is valid, as within just a century, some people were lucky enough to witness both the first airplane flight, then, after some time, followed by moon missions.
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Users vividly joined in to the discussion of how far we've come or how much we have to still grow and explore
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User @Mikeloschi agreed with how fascinating human advancement is, but highlighted that "we’re so far away from serious space exploration." Another user bounced off the Apollo missions and was fascinated that such a complicated project was executed with technology that was much less advanced than it is now.
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People discussed the speed at which all of the changes were made and were hopeful that perhaps, it’s a tendency that occurs ever so often and that humans are about to make a giant leap forward. He was challenged that the industrial revolution was something really sensational that stood out, that happened less than 500 years ago, and that all civilizations in their own way are managing to maintain the movement forwards.
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Some users were really amazed by the incredible progress humans have made
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Or how much wealthier humans are compared to the wealthy 100+ years ago
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Many users shared their impressions of the rapid change in human life, looking at their elders and what have they experienced in their lifetime. @kasialastclair shared that her 95-year-old father remembers horse-drawn vehicles and even got to travel to India by boat, whereas another user made an excellent point of how even some controversial theories that raised eyebrows back in the day are now common and accepted knowledge. So perhaps they were trying to put in the perspective that at this moment in time, we are those people that, after another 50-60 years, will be having a similar recap, realization, and possible admiration of our progress.
Many people were praising their elders for how much they got to witness and experience
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As expected as it can be, folks were drawing attention to the extremely rapid growth of human population—which, in a hundred years, skyrocketed unexpectedly. Climate change was another vital point of discussion, as actually in the same 100+ years, humans have also managed to cause damage to the planet at a pretty similar speed with all of the advantages that were created.
Folks also shared the scary parts that naturally come with any progress made
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Population growth and climate change have also brought out the hard reality of diseases and human ability to control them with therapy and prevention. In the comfort of advanced healthcare, other discussions about certain commodities arose—such as radio, TV, contraception, and, well, the greatest of them all, toilet paper.
And some users reminded us of the ingenious commodities that came to exist thanks to rapidly evolving progress
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And as humans, we are still working on cultural, social, and psychological progress, one spiritual revolution at a time, as @LauraMiers was calling out, but @truth_is_blind jumped in to remind everyone about people being able to move from superstition-based society to a more secular, humanist principle-based one. We will leave you with a contemplation about what it will be like in 100 years, if our ‘cultural memes’ will be analyzed, and if any of these ‘artefacts’ will exist at all.
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And here is some more food for thought about the future and what the next generations will be admiring about our century
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