I think every generation thinks they're that important. In retrospect they never are. I see change, for better and worse. Since both terms indicate decline, erosion gradual and cataclysm dramatic, I don't really see either. Of course, I'm one of those peopel who would way rather live in the present than the past (especially since I'm towards the top). I love medicine and air conditioning and coffee grinders and electricity in general and TV. I also don't believe in the idea of cultural collapse, per se, so there we are.
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Date: 2006-02-19 05:00 am (UTC)