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Are We In Dystopia?: Lessons From the Past For Change
I believe our world is in a dystopia of sorts. And I think it’s an opportunity for us to show up better than before.
Because awareness leads to innovation.
And, we need to jump in today to save the planet (as cliche as that sounds), but necessary to save wildlife from mass extinction due to climate change, and humans from war and pandemics.
We can’t go back to life the way it was.
Fair, right?
…And today reminds me of life transitioning from the 80s to the 90s in America (maybe you remember if you’re old enough?)…
In those years, we went from the 80’s hey-day and booming economy to a time of feeling uncertainty.
For starters, the 80s interest rates were off-the-charts in the teen percentages and not single digits that we’re used to these days and past few decades.
The music was happy and the colors were bright (like bubble gum Taylor Swift music and recent J. Crew fashion). Then we enter the 90s and a recession hits. Grunge music becomes mainstream and the clothing resembled hippy style (dingy colors and overalls). We were on the brink of the internet.
Today anything and everything goes for fashion and music. We’ve got a mix of everything.
