Has the world changed more between 1992-2002 or 2002-2012?

Scanlas The 2nd

There are several aspects to this really. Of which I'd include Economic, technological, political and cultural.

in terms of technological I'd say 1992-2002, economic would be 2002-2012, cultural 1992-2002 and political would be even.

RedXIV

yep. I've added 2 to the population in the latter decade.

Big changes!

Duggy747

The 90's had Mosney.

Now we have Mosnia.

FatherLen

well the 90's had powerhouse tv shows such as saved by the bell, rockos modern life and doug. what is there now? well? what?

donegal_road

the price of oil has gone through the roof, and will continue to do so in tandem with the world's increasing population.
Facebook has also changed things in a very big way.

Melion

September 11th 2001, changed the world in a massive massive way.

token56

In terms of economics I think there was significant change in both decades for us at least, from the celtic tiger to the recession.

Politically I would be more aware of the goings on the recent decade but would still think more change happened during it. The terrorist attacks in the US happened in 2001 but there was significant change afterwards in terms of anti-terrorism. Most recently there has also been the Arab Revolutions which is a very significant change in the world it must be said. For Ireland there has been a lot of change in both decades with regards the peace process and the North so equal in measure there I think.

Socially again the latest decade. Social media has really taken off in recent years and for both better and worse changed the world we live in today.

Technological, yep the latest decade, a lot of the fundamentals was done pre 2002 , e.g. mp3 players, flat screen tvs, wireless and cellular technologies, etc, but there has been amazing advances in the last 10 years and its only going to continue.

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Duggy747 wrote: »

The 90's had Mosney.

Now we have Mosnia.

The 60s had Mosney ffs

Duggy747

Reece Elegant Whiff wrote: »

The 60s had Mosney ffs

Ah, ah...........Butlins! :pac:

JohnMarston

Definitely 2002 - 2012.
Terrorism, ecological and natural disasters seem to be more prevalant.

On the brighter side, technological advances and advances in medicine have accelerated in a big way these past 10 years.

Scanlas The 2nd

token56 wrote: »

In terms of economics I think there was significant change in both decades for us at least, from the celtic tiger to the recession.

Politically I would be more aware of the goings on the recent decade but would still think more change happened during it. The terrorist attacks in the US happened in 2001 but there was significant change afterwards in terms of anti-terrorism. Most recently there has also been the Arab Revolutions which is a very significant change in the world it must be said. For Ireland there has been a lot of change in both decades with regards the peace process and the North so equal in measure there I think.

Socially again the latest decade. Social media has really taken off in recent years and for both better and worse changed the world we live in today.

Technological, yep the latest decade, a lot of the fundamentals was done pre 2002 , e.g. mp3 players, flat screen tvs, wireless and cellular technologies, etc, but there has been amazing advances in the last 10 years and its only going to continue.

In 1992 a very small minority had Internet access, in 2002 that sky rocketed as well as the quality of the Internet. I would class the having access to the Internet as a bigger change than having access to social media in 2012.

starbelgrade

Melion wrote: »

September 11th 2001, changed the world in a massive massive way.

It didn't really. The US have been attacking other countries for decades and all it meant for everyone else who wasn't involved is stricter controls at the airport.

BraziliaNZ

starbelgrade wrote: »

It didn't really. The US have been attacking other countries for decades and all it meant for everyone else who wasn't involved is stricter controls at the airport.

I agree. As if they woudn't be at war with someone if that never happened.

maninasia

A lot of the technology that became part of mass consumerism were invented in the late 90s but only really got going in the 2000s.
The rise of China has been a big difference between 90s and 2000s.
I would say that technological change does seem to have quickened in the 2000s.
Politics hasn't changed so much but jobs and work habits and expectations changed a huge amount. the 2000s were obviously a lot more unstable than the 1990s.
The price of oil as has been mentioned, 5-10X the price between early 90s and late 2000s.
Big changes in some countries infrastructure but Ireland still has the horse and cart (otherwise known as diesel trains) and at least some decent motorways.
Ireland changed hugely in terms of cultural attitudes and population make-up, massive changes that have not really been recognised as much as they deserve.

Gurgle

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

There are several aspects to this really. Of which I'd include Economic, technological, political and cultural.

Economic: About the same net change I guess, '92 to '02 was the end of recession and the big boom while '02 to '12 saw the end of the boom and the new recession.

Tech: The earlier decade by far. '92 to '02 saw the masses taking to using computers and mobile phones, and massive developments that made tech available to and usable by the average layman. '02 to '12 saw the rise of social media... I guess you could (barely) see this as technological advance. Also smartphones, but no major tech advances there: Just shrunk the PC to pocket sized and gave it a mobile phone feature.

Political: '92 to '02 saw most of the 'Golden Era' (Fall of the Wall to Fall of the Towers) and its end. '02 to '12 saw little significant change politically, just lots of nasty wars, terrorist attacks, rebellions, crackdowns etc. A few countries (seem to have) done well out of the Arab spring in 2011.

maninasia

'92 to '02 was the end of recession and the big boom while '02 to '12 saw the
end of the boom and the new recession.

The 90s was basically a boom period in the West, with the Asian financial crisis in 1997 or so in Asia. There was a huge dot.com bubble that burst in 2000, mini recession, then George Bush and Co. cuts taxes, loosened credit and brought the US credit boom which ended disastrously in a Western recession in 2007. You also had the introduction of the Euro which created credit splurges in the South/East/Very West (us) of Europe. China and the BRICs and even Germany were barely affected by that recession.

goose2005

Gurgle wrote: »

Political: '92 to '02 saw most of the 'Golden Era' (Fall of the Wall to Fall of the Towers) and its end. '02 to '12 saw little significant change politically, just lots of nasty wars, terrorist attacks, rebellions, crackdowns etc. A few countries (seem to have) done well out of the Arab spring in 2011.

Golden Era? Tell that to the Rwandans, Yugoslavians and Congolese

hooradiation

Gurgle wrote: »

Tech: The earlier decade by far. '92 to '02 saw the masses taking to using computers and mobile phones, and massive developments that made tech available to and usable by the average layman. '02 to '12 saw the rise of social media... I guess you could (barely) see this as technological advance. Also smartphones, but no major tech advances there: Just shrunk the PC to pocket sized and gave it a mobile phone feature.

This is pretty wrong, in almost every conceivable way.

Guess who was young and impressionable between '92 and '02?

Gurgle

goose2005 wrote: »

Golden Era? Tell that to the Rwandans, Yugoslavians and Congolese

I wasn't making any claims about a lost Utopia, it was a time when the world in general wasn't embroiled with the usual number of major wars.

Gurgle

hooradiation wrote: »

This is pretty wrong, in almost every conceivable way.

Guess who was young and impressionable between '92 and '02?

Have you any reasons to offer why you think tech has progressed more in the last 10 years than the previous 10?

Or are you just wandering around with a smug smile and a (virtual) rubber stamp that marks things 'Wrong'?

9959

Duggy747 wrote: »

The 90's had Mosney.

Now we have Mosnia.

Don't get the joke, perhaps it has a racist undertone.
Apologies in advance if I'm wrong.
Feel free to correct me.

goose2005

Gurgle wrote: »

I wasn't making any claims about a lost Utopia, it was a time when the world in general wasn't embroiled with the usual number of major wars.

The Congo wars killed something like 4 to 7 million, making them about as destructive as Napoleon's and far worse than Vietnam.