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+ | Famous science fiction author Robert Heinlein wrote about <em>the crazy years</em>. This was a period of history in his stories in which technology rapidly advanced and society broke down. In 1941 <a href="https://minerva.fandom.com/wiki/Future_History_Timeline?file=FH_Timeline.jpg">Heinlein wrote</a>: |
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+ | Considerable technical advance during this period, accompinied (sic) by a gradual deterioration of mores, orientation and social institutions, terminating in mass psychoses in the sixth decade and the Interregnum. |
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+ | In his stories, this period covered the late 20th Century and early 21st century. A growing number of people are now regarding this as prescient. |
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+ | == External Links == |
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+ | *[https://minerva.fandom.com/wiki/Future_History_Timeline Fandom.com] |
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Revision as of 13:07, 27 May 2021
Famous science fiction author Robert Heinlein wrote about the crazy years. This was a period of history in his stories in which technology rapidly advanced and society broke down. In 1941 <a href="https://minerva.fandom.com/wiki/Future_History_Timeline?file=FH_Timeline.jpg">Heinlein wrote</a>:
Considerable technical advance during this period, accompinied (sic) by a gradual deterioration of mores, orientation and social institutions, terminating in mass psychoses in the sixth decade and the Interregnum. [1] [2]
In his stories, this period covered the late 20th Century and early 21st century. A growing number of people are now regarding this as prescient.