You mean just like how we learned about the 1920 pandemic?
Oh right, no we didn’t. It was a footnote at best.
Our current lives really aren’t all that special you know.
I think this time period in humanity is very special. It really does feel like the make or break of humanity sometimes.
The 2020s were very important (and very rough) in Star Trek lore, too. Slightly different, but the similarities are striking…
I learned about it.
I did too, but i’m over 40 so I can’t say much for current educational systems.
Imma be honest, most of these events will either be just quickly mentioned or not even taught
Increased forest fires, covid, January 6, Shinzo Abe getting assassinated, and Ukraine will probably be mentioned.
Going past 2022, the India/Canada thing and Palestine will probably only be taught worldwide if they change the status quo. The string of military coups across Africa is definitely going to lead to something bigger, so that will probably be taught, and we’re probably in the “buildup” stages for a future event, when you look at the rise of neofascist leaders just everywhere.
None of these events are noteworthy by themselves. Max they merit part of a sentence as an example of an ongoing trend.
Exception if one of the events turns out to be a handy symbolic point to indicate a change in the world order.
E.g. Serious human contribution to global warming which started in the early 20th century kept a pace and peaked in the early 21st century. Public opinion began to sour after an increased occurrence of climate disasters, such as tsunamis and forest fires.
Or: The Russian successor state to the soviet union did make token efforts to reassert its power in Eastern Europe, such as the 2021 war in Ukraine. However those efforts ultimately proved futile and by 20xx all former Warsaw pact countries, excluding Russia itself, had joined the European union.
I guess it depends on how far out you go. In 500 years, probably not significant. In 50-75 years (I was thinking about 20th century timelines when I was thinking about significance), maybe the forest fires and Jan. 6 aren’t hugely relevant if there’s nothing that builds on them, but COVID, Abe and Ukraine would have been taught in my school. We learned about the Spanish flu, the assaasination of William McKinley and the Crimean war, which seem similar and only the Crimean war was really connected to anything else by our teachers.
Did you learn about the 1920’s pandemic?
He just said he learned about the Spanish flu
Not that I can remember. Did it shut down the entire world for several months and lay the groundwork for consolidation of money and power on a scale not seen before?
If so, I should have.
I wonder if history books will notate the death of a gorilla as the flag for a turning point in social history.
I wonder if that kid remembers
We’re in the “Archduke Franz Ferdinand goes for a drive” stage in history.
Shinzo Abe won’t, neither will forest fires or January 6
Lmfao sure bud
Abe’s assassination was notable in Japan, but didn’t have major global ramifications. I think it’s unlikely it’ll be taught much outside of Japan.
The forest fires will likely only be mentioned in a general “climate change was ramping up” kind of way.
Jan 6 would definitely be a major event for the Trump administration chapter. But it would highly depend on which country you live in whether or not it would be given much attention.
Just as a comparison: we’ve been taught about the fall of the Berlin wall. Who Reagan was was barely a paragraph in that chapter.
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Unless you’re German. Then there is a 50% chance of going into every little handshake, OR you skip over it entirely to teach more about WW2
“So we are a nation with history, but let’s get to WW2 right now”
“it was a golden age, companies had record profits…”
Hmm… children, in the 2050s, in schools, ah to dream.
These last 5 years have just a utter shit show so many people who shouldn’t have been allowed near power getting it
“Well, back in my day, ikeas were endless mazes with no exit and no one could agree on whether to like everyone or hate evryone”
I’m from Germany. All the history we get taught is the French revolution (for some unspoken reason), three times, and Nazi Germany. I don’t think that will change.
*2015
*2025