I would say 1967 to 2000.

Yeah about late '60s until 2000.

Yeah about late '60s until 2000.


I would say 1993-2000 is equally 20th and 21st, in terms of zeitgeist. The "bulk" 20th Century I'd say is about 1914 to 1992, maybe up to 1995.

I would say 1993-2000 is equally 20th and 21st, in terms of zeitgeist. The "bulk" 20th Century I'd say is about 1914 to 1992, maybe up to 1995.


Yeah that's about right, the late '90s in particular definitely had a pretty big 21st century feel.

Yeah that's about right, the late '90s in particular definitely had a pretty big 21st century feel.


However as we progress through this decade I feel that less and less. 1999 actually seems pretty primitive in some ways compared to now.

However as we progress through this decade I feel that less and less. 1999 actually seems pretty primitive in some ways compared to now.


Yes that's true, in ways it is primitive compared to now, but a lot of the technologies we have now rose to prominance in the late 1990s. Later in the century, our view might change, the '00s may not even seem true 21st century.

I would say the mid-70s with the advent of human rights, women's liberation, the whole inception of a worldview based on 'equality' and 'individual rights' as opposed to any other ideal. 60s were very mid 20th century in thinking, actually, with the biggest shift in the 70s.

However, when people talk about the early 20th Century, they might be talking about the '00s all the way up to the '40s, with mid being '50s-'70s and late '80s and '90s.

Yes that's true, in ways it is primitive compared to now, but a lot of the technologies we have now rose to prominance in the late 1990s. Later in the century, our view might change, the '00s may not even seem true 21st century.


The Internet is arguably the final piece of 20th Century media, as opposed to the first 21st Century piece. I think nanotech could be the real 21st Century.

In a way, the future as 20th Century authors knew it began in 2001 when the first tourist went to space.

The Internet is arguably the final piece of 20th Century media, as opposed to the first 21st Century piece. I think nanotech could be the real 21st Century.


Yeah, nan-tech is definitely at the forefront of technology. Though I think Genetic Engineering and Transport (fuel sources.etc) will be the hot topics in the first 25 years of this century.

Space tourism won't explode as air travel did, due to cost/feasibility restrictions, and I don't think will ever be available to the masses.

The Internet is arguably the final piece of 20th Century media, as opposed to the first 21st Century piece. I think nanotech could be the real 21st Century.


Yeah really we have not seen the true 21st century yet, because we're so early in the century, and we won't until closer to the middle of the century probably.

Yeah, nan-tech is definitely at the forefront of technology. Though I think Genetic Engineering and Transport (fuel sources.etc) will be the hot topics in the first 25 years of this century.

Space tourism won't explode as air travel did, due to cost/feasibility restrictions, and I don't think will ever be available to the masses.


Personally I think the 21st Century will be a "cyberpunk" future, as opposed to a Star Trek-esque one.

Yeah really we have not seen the true 21st century yet, because we're so early in the century, and we won't until closer to the middle of the century probably.


I think the latter years of a century tend to be more definitive.

I think the latter years of a century tend to be more definitive.


Definitive in what way?

Definitive in what way?




The early years of a century are formative, like the early years of a decade.  As the century goes on, it develops more and more character, until toward the end when it slowly starts becoming like the next century.

Hmm, I don't think pop culture really takes notice of 'centuries' or any other measurements of time. To me it's just one continuous continuum of change, development evoltuion/de-volution...That's why 'decades' are so artificial, and why the late 90s are so much more like the 00s than the 90s. Only cos they happen to be bunched by historians and sociologists.