The Dark Century

Who is to say that history students in 300 years won’t look back on the 20th century as a blip on the radar of humanity’s progress? Just as most textbooks and teachers gloss over the “dark ages” as a time when quite a few bloody things occurred, some important bits of information discovered and a handful of inventions made their way to the public, the 20th century could be viewed as a dark time before the light of a new millennia.

Ah ha, you might say. Where would the world be without the computer chip, the understanding of DNA and the atom, the internet? It’s only a beginning folks. At the time, I’m certain sailors believed their new gadgets that helped them navigate were the end all of useful inventions. Stretching before the children of the 21st century is a wealth of options, a veritable pirate’s cove of new discoveries.

There are those who bemoan the fate of the world, claiming that global warming or neo-malthusian population shifts will destroy the world for our future children.